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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The few perceived as AI savants can command multimillion-dollar pay packages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
For these two pop savants, work and family have long been intertwined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo are two of the other three players averaging 30 points this season and neither of them are 3-point savants, either.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Such are the experiments made at Milan in 1892 by the group of savants cited above.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
