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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536);
[syn: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Desiderius Erasmus n 1: Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536) [syn: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts]