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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
renaissance man .
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- noun a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
- noun a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
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