renaissance man
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renaissance man¹
noun renaissance men
- Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance man
Renaissance man²
Where it comes from
After the Renaissance, as such a concept of man was developed in this period.
noun Renaissance men · renaissance man
- A man who lived during the Renaissance period.
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A man with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
Returning from the collections in Paris and Milan, a fashion-editor friend told me, “It's all about”—always the three most powerful words in retail—“Renaissance men.” The one-dimensional C.E.O. is over, he said. “Now it's all about men of multitalents.”
Similar: polyhistor, polymath
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