homme de lettres

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homme de lettres

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Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”).

noun hommes de lettres

man of letters, a literary man

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"homme de lettres." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/homme%20de%20lettres. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"homme de lettres." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homme%20de%20lettres.

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@misc{homme_de_lettres_2026,
  title = {homme de lettres},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homme%20de%20lettres},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}