Definition of "brilliants" [brilliants]

• Plural form of brilliant. (noun)

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• "If bred as a divine, he would have held his place among the "brilliants" of the time, and been as original, erratic, or _outré_ as any."
• "Sheridan was considered a genius, but it was found that the "brilliants" and"
• "Coleridge have made precious to soul and sense, are herein brought together; and more than this -- the many isolated single notes, whose lingering harmony embalms their author's name, with the numerous fugitive "brilliants," heretofore of unknown parentage, cut from newspapers for the last half century -- the deep, soulfull utterances of heroes and mourners, lovers and exiles, devotees of nature and worshippers of art -- are here elegantly garnered and chronicled. '"