letters
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈlɛtɚz/]
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1. letters (noun) — sense 1
Definition: Literature (school subject).
Example: Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.
2. letters (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
Example: Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning.
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