literatus

 [lit-uh-rah-tuhs, -rey-]  

lit·e·ra·tus

   [lit-uh-rah-tuhs, -rey-]
noun
singular of literati.
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lit·e·ra·ti

   [lit-uh-rah-tee, -rey-]
plural noun, singular lit·e·ra·tus  [-rah-tuhs, -rey-] .
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin līterāti learned, scholarly people, noun use of plural of līterātus. See literate
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