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man of lettersA male scholar or author: he wished to fashion for himself a career as a man of letters...- Returning from America, he settled down to the career of a man of letters.
- By the end of the decade, his career was flourishing and he was well on his way to establishing his postwar reputation as a man of letters.
- Sir Walter Scott, Scotland's greatest man of letters, and one of the most beloved authors of all time, was born in Edinburgh on 15 August 1771.
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