savant
noun
a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
savants
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pluralof savant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Matisse Thybulle says practice is sure to be tougher than games when he gets pushed by offensive savants Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Winners will be those that control the richest data streams, that build and deploy AI savants, and that embrace the new reality rather than clinging to outdated assumptions about scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
“Oh, Mary!” is the kind of instant sensation that’s all too rare these days, one so undeniable it immediately breaks through the crowd of theater savants to a wider audience of curious patrons.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Some metrics savants aren’t as sold on plus-minus.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
Modern theologians and savants who seek and find for them explanations of this kind do not perceive that they contradict themselves, and that to explain miracle in this way is to destroy it.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier
