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woman of letters

–noun
1. a woman engaged in literary pursuits, esp. a professional writer.
2. a woman of great learning; scholar.
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woman of letters  
n.   pl. women of letters
A woman who is devoted to literary or scholarly pursuits: "[Eva Le Gallienne] was ... a woman of letters who produced forcefully elegant translations of Ibsen and Hans Christian Andersen" (Margo Jefferson).
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