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sa·vant
(să-vänt′)n.
1. A learned person; a scholar.
2. A person with savant syndrome.
[French, learned, savant, from Old French, present participle of savoir, to know, from Vulgar Latin sapēre, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]
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savant
(ˈsævənt; French savɑ̃)n
a man of great learning; sage
[C18: from French, from savoir to know, from Latin sapere to be wise; see sapient]
ˈsavante fem n
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sa•vant
(sæˈvɑnt, ˈsæv ənt; Fr. saˈvɑ̃)n., pl. sa•vants (sæˈvɑnts, ˈsæv ənts; Fr. saˈvɑ̃)
a person of profound or extensive learning; scholar.
[1710–20; < French: man of learning, scholar, old present participle of savoir to know « Latin sapere to be wise; see sapient]
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savant
a scholar or person of great learning.
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Noun | 1. | savant - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field polymath - a person of great and varied learning 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 |
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savant
noun sage, authority, intellectual, master, philosopher, mastermind, mahatma, U.S. The opinion of the savants on this issue is not united.
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savant
[ˈsævənt] N (frm) → sabio/a m/f, erudito/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005