| 词汇 | man-of-letters |
| 释义 | man of letters noun[ C ] formaluk /ˌmæn əv ˈlet.əz/ us /ˌmæn əv ˈlet̬.ɚz/ a man, usually a writer, who knows a lot about literature文人;作家 Experts and specialists academician artist authority boffin child prodigy doyenne know something inside outidiom lapidary Latin Americanist literati maven Renaissance man savant semiotician skilled smart money wizard wonder wonderkid wunderkind You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who write for work or pleasure Examples of man of lettersman of letters Once he established himself as a manofletters, he adopted other pseudonyms to conceal his incursion into doubtful fictional genres. How then is the progressive politics of this manofletters understood in relation to his literary works? On the other hand, the prototype of the truth seeker as a manofletters or savant is still with us. In this condition he decides that he must give up the ministry and take on the socially ambiguous but still potentially more securely middle-class role of the manofletters. If the spectre of the manofletters as bourgeois hero has come to haunt autobiography, so might those perennial questions about the nature of the self. I shall deal with the 1 million extra pensioners if this distinguished manofletters will keep his mouth shut for one minute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a manofletters—an author whose novels and other works reflected that same graceful urbanity that characterised his elegance of dress and manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And beyond all that he was a scholar and a manofletters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a man of great experience, a manofletters and of law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Being a writer, was not a priority for him; he saw himself as a manofletters, and his letters show all his correspondent qualities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He had a circle of devoted friends and was recognized as a top-ranking moralist and manofletters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was then put on half-pay, and took on the role of manofletters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a known orator and a manofletters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His resources were still limited, but he flattered himself in the expectation that he might earn a subsistence as a manofletters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a manofletters and a knight, concerned for both the spiritual and saecular health of his underlings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of man of letters These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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