literatus

[ lit-uh-rah-tuhs, -rey- ]

/ ˌlɪt əˈrɑ təs, -ˈreɪ- /

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noun

a member of the literati, or intellectual class: My daughter married a true literatus—a Ph.D. in philosophy and two volumes of poetry to his name.

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Origin of literatus

First recorded in 1610–20; see origin at literati

The school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.
History of Education|Levi Seeley
The curious reader may see the entire caustic passage in Spizelius's Infelix Literatus, p. 435.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness|Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Huc advolarunt tres viri, duo lanifices, literarum rudes, literatus tertius est.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
According to Fitz-Stephen, Thomas was less learned (minus literatus) than his rival, but of loftier character and morals.
Life of Thomas Becket|Henry Hart Milman

This species is closely allied to the M. literatus of Brullé; but it differs too much, I think, to be identical with it.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3|Various