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Polyhistor

//ˌpɒliˈhɪstɔː(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.

    "A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man."

Etymology

From Latin polyhistor (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”).

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