man of letters

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man of letters Meaning of "man of letters"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities

Usage(s):

  1. As a man of letters, I declare myself innocent of having any part in the creation of the culture that spawned these individuals.
  2. They swirled even more vividly around Robert Brasillach, a gifted, prolific man of letters novelist, poet, playwright in Paris during the 1940-44 Nazi Occupation.
  3. He was a man of letters who instilled such fear in Burma's men of arms that he became their longest-serving political prisoner.
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