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savant

[ sa-vahnt, sav-uhnt; French sa-vahn ]

noun

plural savants
  1. a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.


savant

/ ˈsævənt; savɑ̃ /

noun

  1. a man of great learning; sage
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ²¹±¹²¹²Ô³Ù±ð, noun:feminine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of savant1

1710–20; < French: man of learning, scholar, old present participle of savoir to know ≪ Latin sapere to be wise; sapient
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of savant1

C18: from French, from savoir to know, from Latin sapere to be wise; see sapient
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Example Sentences

Several members of a Bay Area group of computer savants and vegan activists have been investigated, criminally charged or deemed persons of interest in violent incidents that have resulted in six deaths across the U.S.

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JD Vance is a brilliant savant, according to some, while other headlines call him an idiot and leave out the “savant.â€

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For the sibling pop savants, work and family have long been intertwined.

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For these two pop savants, work and family have long been intertwined.

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Bell, 82, an acting savant who broke into cinema’s foreground in his sixties, explains that the pages are occupied by a series of questions about the character.

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