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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
savant /ˈsav(ə)nt/ (or savante /ˈsav(ə)nt/)

▶noun a learned person.

– origin C18: Fr., lit. ‘knowing (person)’, pres. part. (used as n.) of savoir.

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