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Renaissance man   /rˌɛnəsˈɑns mæn/   Listen
Renaissance man

noun
1.
A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests.  Synonym: generalist.
2.
A scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics.





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Words linked to "Renaissance man" :   student, scholarly person, specialist, scholar, bookman


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