learned man

learned man
Synonyms and related words:
academician, bookman, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, genius, giant of learning, humanist, learned clerk, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of learning, man of letters, mastermind, mine of information, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, polyhistor, polymath, pundit, savant, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, student, walking encyclopedia

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