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.
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Polyhistor
//ˌpɒliˈhɪstɔː(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "polyhistor" (20 found)
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Related words (10)
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Translations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Hungarian
1 entries- polihisztor noun (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines)
Polish
1 entries- polihistor noun (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- polihistor noun (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines)
Spanish
1 entries- polímata noun (someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
[Carlfriedrich] Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor, a species rarely found today.
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