Renaissance man
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Renaissance man
n.
A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.
Renaissance man
n
a man of any period who has a broad range of intellectual interests
Ren′aissance man`
n.
a man knowledgeable or proficient in more than one field.
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| Noun | 1. | Renaissance man - a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines |
| 2. | Renaissance man - a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines |