Definition of Literates

1. Noun. (plural of literate) ¹

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Definition of Literates

1. literate [n] - See also: literate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Literates

literary genre
literary hack
literary journalism
literary language
literary pirate
literary review
literary study
literary technique
literary theory
literary work
literate
literate person
literately
literateness
literatenesses
literates (current term)
literateur
literateurs
literateuse
literateuses
literati
literatim
literation
literations
literato
literator
literators
literatuer
literatuers
literature

Literary usage of Literates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Slums of Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia by United States Bureau of Labor, Victor Hugo Olmsted, Alfred S. Houghton (1894)
"... AND literates, BY SELECTED PLACES OF BIRTH AND SEX—Concluded. [This table includes only persons 10 years of age or over. ..."

2. Ireland and Her Churches by James Godkin (1867)
"Most of the literates have left the diocese soon after their ordination, in the hope of getting a better social position; but some few were made permanent ..."

3. The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago by Alleyne Ireland (1907)
"The Shan States showed only 1239 literates and learners in 1891. It by no means follows, because in March 1901 there were 41409 literates in the two ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"At the Trinity Sunday Ordinations of the present year there appeared 110 candidates from Cambridge, 72 from Oxford, 18 from Dublin, literates 82, total 282. ..."

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