humanitiann.
/hjuːməˈnɪʃn/, U.S. /hjuməˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ Now historical and rare.
= humanist n. 1a.
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1566 J. Rastell Third Bk. beware of M. Iewel f. 208v In the third [place] Polidore Uergile, for humanitians, that holy few kinde of Writers M. Iewel spareth, it may easily be perceiued in Examples.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vii. f. 24 v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Oliuer Eustace, a student of the ciuile and Cannon law, a good humanitian, & a proper philosopher.
?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. E1v For my reuenge, it suffices, that euery halfe-eyd humanitian may account it.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. v. sig. F4 I haue read History: I am a little Humanitian . View more context for this quotation
1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 18 A deep Scholler and great Humanitian as we speake, and whom the Greekes call Philologon.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 103 The said Robertson was an exact Grammarian and Humanitian.
1885 Time (London) July 38 Ancient Literature came to be known as Literæ Humaniores, and the proficient in it was called Humanist, or Humanitian, to distinguish him from the old-fashioned Divine.
1993 Rev. Eng. Stud. 44 1 This emphasis on history is not a feature of the Elizabethan humanitian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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