Dictionary 1. (n.) A member of an academy or society for promoting science, art, or literature\, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.2. (n.) A collegian. Thesaurus bookman classicist clerk colossus of knowledge genius giant of learning humanist learned clerk learned man literary man litterateur lover of learning man of learning man of letters mastermind mine of information philologist philologue philomath philosophe philosopher polyhistor polymath pundit savant scholar scholastic schoolman student walking encyclopedia |