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letters

DEFINITIONS OF: letters

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n scholarly attainment

“he is a man of letters
Type of:
encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship
profound scholarly knowledge

n the literary culture

“this book shows American letters at its best”
Type of:
culture
the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
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