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Noun: savant  su'vaant [N. Amer], sa-vunt [Brit]
  1. Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
    "The university invited several savants to speak at the conference";
    - initiate, learned person, pundit

Derived forms: savants

Type of: scholar, scholarly person

Encyclopedia: Savant, Ontario