Erasmus

[ ih-raz-muh s ]

/ ɪˈræz məs /

noun

Des·i·de·ri·us

[des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/, 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.

a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “beloved.”

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Examples from the Web for erasmus

She gives no nods to the Humanists, like Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Erasmus, or Descartes.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.
Deconstructing David Brat’s ‘Scholarship’|Candida Moss|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At any of the participating universities, the ERASMUS parties are reputed to be the most multicultural and exciting.
"Perugia Is Not for the Weak"|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Is this the illustrious doctor whom the greatest men of the age, Erasmus and Reuchlin, extol so loudly?
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century (Volume 1)|J. H. Merle D'Aubign

Erasmus Roterodamus was like to have been a bishop—vide Epistolas.
Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2)|John Aubrey
He, Erasmus, becomes at once the central point in his own field of vision.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam|Ephraim Emerton
Erasmus was chosen for this task and fulfilled it with success if not with enthusiasm.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam|Ephraim Emerton
On 11 November 1506, Erasmus witnessed the triumphal entry of the martial pope.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation|Johan Huizinga

British Dictionary definitions for erasmus

Erasmus

/ (ɪˈræzməs) /

noun

Desiderius (ˌdɛzɪˈdɪərɪəs), real name Gerhard Gerhards. ?1466–1536, Dutch humanist, the leading scholar of the Renaissance in northern Europe. He published the first Greek edition of the New Testament in 1516; his other works include the satirical Encomium Moriae (1509); Colloquia (1519), a series of dialogues; and an attack on the theology of Luther, De Libero Arbitrio (1524)

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