Search Result for "renaissance man":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests;
- Example: "a statistician has to be something of a generalist"
[syn: Renaissance man, generalist]

2. a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Renaissance man
    n 1: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than
         superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a
         statistician has to be something of a generalist" [syn:
         Renaissance man, generalist] [ant: specialiser,
         specialist, specializer]
    2: a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was
       limited) could know almost everything about many topics