humanist

  1. Noun.  (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
  2. Noun.  a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
  3. Noun.  a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
  4. Adjective.  relating to humanism or the humanities.
  5. Adjective.  (typography, of a typeface) Resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

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