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Renaissance man

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of renaissance man.

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  • noun a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
  • noun a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests

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