woman+of+letters

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• woman of letters — 1. : a learned woman 2. : a literary woman * * * 1. a woman engaged in literary pursuits, esp. a professional writer. 2. a woman of great learning; scholar. * * * woman of letters 1. A scholar 2. A writer • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• woman of letters — Date: 1818 1. a woman who is a scholar 2. a woman who is an author …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• woman of letters — 1. a woman engaged in literary pursuits, esp. a professional writer. 2. a woman of great learning; scholar. * * * …   Universalium

• woman of letters — a female scholar or author. → woman …   English new terms dictionary

• woman of letters — wom′an of let′ters n. lit. a woman engaged in literary or scholarly pursuits • Etymology: 1815–20 …   From formal English to slang

• woman — n. 1) to deliver a woman (of a baby) 2) an attractive, beautiful, pretty; average; fat; grown; handsome; middle aged; old; short; tall; thin; ugly; wise; young woman 3) a divorced; married; single woman 4) a career; professional; self made;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• LETTERS AND LETTER WRITERS — The letter holds an honored place in Jewish history and literature and includes diplomatic correspondence, state papers, and letters as vehicles of religious or secular literature and as a means of polemics in communal and spiritual matters,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• woman — noun (plural women) 1》 an adult human female. 2》 a female worker or employee.     ↘a female domestic help. 3》 a wife or lover. Phrases the little woman a condescending way of referring to one s wife. woman of letters a female scholar or author.… …   English new terms dictionary

• Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is a deeply personal travel narrative by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. The twenty five letters cover a wide range of topics, from… …   Wikipedia

• Letters Written in Sweden — Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796), selon son titre complet (Lettres écrites lors d un court séjour en Suède, en Norvège et au Danemark), est un récit de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796), selon son titre complet (Lettres écrites lors d un court séjour en Suède, en Norvège et au Danemark), est un récit de voyage profondément personnel par la féministe… …   Wikipédia en Français