men of letters
men of letters is the plural of man of letters.
Meaning of man of letters
Noun
man of letters (plural men of letters)
- A literary man; a scholar or author.
- This may be accounted for largely on the ground that Cicero and Petrarch were men of the same temperament and cast of mind. They were both typical men of letters. The man of letters is intellectually alert; sensitive to impressions and able to report them; hospitable to all ideas of his time; […]1898, James Harvey Robinson, Henry Winchester Rolfe, Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, published 1909, page 229
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- What is men of letters the plural of?
- Men of letters is the plural of man of letters.
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