Definition of "literates" [literates]

• Plural form of literate. (noun)

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• "Of the total 2,204 prisoners as on date, 1,327 have been identified as literates and 877 illiterates."
• "I mean, reasonably clever troll I guess, though you’re better off attacking the literary quality than implying that its fans are semi-literates, which is just nonsensical."
• "Around 40 per cent of the 'literates' in the Christian world attended university while no more than two per cent of the 'literate s' in the Muslim world did the same."