'Lettered' definitions:

Definition of 'lettered'

From: WordNet
adjective
Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read]

Definition of 'Lettered'

From: GCIDE
  • Letter \Let"ter\ (l[e^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lettered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lettering.] To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered. [1913 Webster] letter bomb

Definition of 'Lettered'

From: GCIDE
  • Lettered \Let"tered\ (l[e^]t"t[~e]rd), a.
  • 1. Literate; educated; versed in literature. " Are you not lettered?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid of the lettered clergy, still chiefly of Roman birth, to reduce to writing the institutes of their forefathers. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned. " A lettered education." --Collier. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Inscribed or stamped with letters. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

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