Definition of "polyhistor" []

• A person with broad knowledge. (noun)

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• "It is a magisterial work by a polyhistor who knows how to reveal an overwhelmingly large number of viewpoints of men's behaviour as mass beings."
• "It is a magisterial work by a polyhistor who can disclose an overwhelmingly large number of viewpoints of men's behaviour as mass beings."
• "There is of course a marked difference of style; instead of the learned polyhistor, the contrib -"