Both Uses of
savant
in
Anna Karenina
- On the way he thought no more of money, but mused on the introduction that awaited him to the Petersburg savant, a writer on sociology, and what he would say to him about his book.†
Part 7
- His friends who were specialists and savants, occasionally—unmistakably from politeness—alluded to it.†
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Definition:
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(savant) someone recognized as spectacularly knowledgeable or skilled in a particular field