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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: , present participle of savoir 'to know'

savant

 noun
     
sav‧ant [countable] formal
1 someone who knows a lot about a subject
2 someone who has mental problems and may have lower intelligence than average, but who can do one thing very well, such as adding numbers very quickly
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