Renaissance man

noun

: a person who has wide interests and is expert in several areas

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As a scholar, physician, civil rights champion, historian and humanitarian, Dr. Charles H. Wright was indeed a Renaissance man. Scott Talley, Freep.com, 18 July 2025 If there’s such a thing as an 18-year-old Renaissance man, Moore is that. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025 Lalo is a true Renaissance man: a performer at the piano, a painter with notes, a conductor and composer who has scored some of the most memorable films of the past half-century. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 28 June 2025 Gates was celebrated as a modern-day Renaissance man whose practice incorporates sculpture, conceptual formalism, music, performance, land art and space theory to create community. Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for Renaissance man

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Renaissance man was in 1906

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“Renaissance man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Renaissance%20man. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.

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