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polyhistors

polyhistors is the plural of polyhistor.

Meaning of polyhistor

Noun

polyhistor (plural polyhistors)

  1. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
    • A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man.1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 24

Questions about polyhistors

What is polyhistors the plural of?
Polyhistors is the plural of polyhistor.

Words near polyhistors in the dictionary

  1. polyhistor
  2. polyhistorian
  3. polyhistorians
  4. polyhistoric
  5. polyhistorical
  6. polyhistors
  7. polyholohedral
  8. polyholohedry
  9. polyhomeostatic
  10. polyhomeotic
  11. polyhomonucleotide

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