savants

Variant of savant

savant definition

sa·vant (sə vänt′, -vant′; sav′ənt; Fr, sȧ vän′)

noun pl. savants -·vants′ (-vänts′, -ənts; Fr, -vän′)

  1. a learned person; eminent scholar
  2. idiot savant

Etymology: Fr, orig. prp. of savoir < L sapere: see sap

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