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lettered

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let·tered  (ltrd)
adj.
1.
a. Educated to read and write; literate.
b. Highly educated; learned.
2. Of or relating to literacy or learning.
3. Inscribed or marked with or as if with letters.
lettered
Adjective
1. well educated
2. printed or marked with letters
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.letteredlettered - highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
knowledgeable, well-educated, well-read, learned, knowing
educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
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They are few in number, but it is a choice audience, a lettered audience.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
It was deposited in Wyatt's own; and there, too, it remained, occupying very nearly the whole of the floor--no doubt to the exceeding discomfort of the artist and his wife;--this the more especially as the tar or paint with which it was lettered in sprawling capitals, emitted a strong, disagreeable, and, to my fancy, a peculiarly disgusting odor.
The Oblong Box by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Before it stood a rural mail box, on which was lettered "Edmund Hale.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
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