savant
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a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplinessynonyms: femme de science, homme de scienceexamples:baconEnglish statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)types:bibliographesomeone trained in compiling bibliographiesbibliophilesomeone who loves (and usually collects) booksdocteura person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institutionhistorien, historiographea person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about ithumanistea classical scholar or student of the liberal artsmaîtresomeone who holds a master's degree from academic institutionbouquineur, scolastiquea person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they meritphilosophea specialist in philosophylecteura person who enjoys readingthéologiensomeone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theologybouquineursomeone who spends a great deal of time readingchroniqueursomeone who writes chroniclesdocteur en théologie(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teachinglittérairea man devoted to literary or scholarly activitiesnescessitantsomeone who does not believe the doctrine of free willphilologuea humanist specializing in classical scholarshippuristesomeone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)réalistea philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of themtype of:intellectuela person who uses the mind creatively
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a student who holds a scholarship
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