scholar, learned person, wise and educated person
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Savant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
savant
\sa`vant"\ (?), n.; pl. savants (f. &?;; e. &?;). [f., fr. savoir to know, l. sapere. see sage, a.] a man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
savant
n : someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit]
similar words(1)
idiot savant
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field,pundit***The speech was very adulatory towards the visiting savant.
Noun
1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
(synonym) initiate, learned person, pundit
(hypernym) scholar, scholarly person, student
(hyponym) polymath
Savant Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Savant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Savant (from the French savoir "knowing", English since the 18th century) may refer to:
- Savant syndrome
- An expert or wise person
- Marilyn vos Savant
- Savant publications
- Doug Savant
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