homme de lettres

noun

man of letters, a literary man

OriginFrench homme de lettres →
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Meanings

nounhomme de lettres (plural hommes de lettres)

plural hommes de lettres

  1. man of letters, a literary man

Origin

  1. Frenchhomme de lettres
  2. Englishhomme de lettres

Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”).

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homme de lettres. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homme%20de%20lettres

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“homme de lettres.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homme%20de%20lettres. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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