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Definition of Savants
1. savant [n] - See also: savant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savants
Literary usage of Savants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"FOE a hundred persons who, in this country, read the ' Revue des Deux Mondes,'
how many are there who read the ' Journal des savants ? ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"... Albert La mobilisation des savants en l'an II. R de Paris 24,pt6:542-65 Dl '17
La mobilisation générale en l'an II. R de Paris 24,pt2:581-602 Ap ] '17 ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"He was the first to partially decipher the rock inscriptions of Asoka at Gir-
nar, which had so long remained an enigma to western savants, and on 7 March ..."
4. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1875)
"avait de nombreux savants et des marins expérimentés (1). Et réellement ne
devrait-on pas admirer et louer plutôt que de les blâmer sévèrement, ..."
5. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Hawley calls on Secretary Welles and on the President — Sumner on Louis
Napoleon's Action in regard to the Presidency of the World's Congress of savants ..."
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