From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishman of lettersˌman of ˈletters noun (plural men of letters) [countable] ALa male writer, especially one who writes novels or writes about literature
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man of letters• A man of letters, a man of love and a man of lies.• We regret to announce the death of a distinguished man of letters.• This was not the relaxed professionalism of the man of letters, but the stringent new professionalism of the academy.• The man of letters and the maiden aunt. 