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Renaissance man

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance man. alt-of
  2. 2
    A man who lived during the Renaissance period. literally
  3. 3
    a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics wordnet
  4. 4
    A man with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. figuratively

    "Returning from the collections in Paris and Milan, a fashion-editor friend told me, “It's all about”—always the three most powerful words in retail—“Renaissance men.” The one-dimensional C.E.O. is over, he said. “Now it's all about men of multitalents.”"

  5. 5
    a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests wordnet

Etymology

After the Renaissance, as such a concept of man was developed in this period.

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