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 7savant = someone recognized as spectacularly knowledgeable of skilled in a particular field
- His friends who were specialists and savants, occasionally—unmistakably from politeness—alluded to it.†
Part 8 *savants = people recognized as spectacularly knowledgeable or skilled in a particular field
Definition:
someone recognized as spectacularly knowledgeable or skilled in a particular field