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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
man of letters
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A man of letters, a man of love and a man of lies.
▪ The man of letters and the maiden aunt.
▪ This was not the relaxed professionalism of the man of letters, but the stringent new professionalism of the academy.
▪ We regret to announce the death of a distinguished man of letters.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
man of letters

man of letters \man of letters\ n.

  1. A writer, especially one who writes for a living.

  2. A learned person; a scholar.

Wiktionary
man of letters

n. a literary man

WordNet
man of letters

n. a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities

Wikipedia
Man of Letters (film)

Man of Letters is a 1984 television film about a womanising academic.