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SAVANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Synonyms:
initiate; learned person; pundit; savant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("savant" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "savant"):
polymath (a person of great and varied learning)
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