woman of letters



woman of letters

A woman who is well-versed in literature and related scholarly pursuits. As a woman of letters, the professor could easily speak for hours on the works of Shakespeare.
See also: letter, of, woman

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LorrieLAWR-eeEnglish
Ekua-Western African, Akan
JÖRgYUURKGerman
BrandaBRAN-dəEnglish (Rare)
Jacobineyah-ko-BEE-nə (Dutch)Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
SvendSVEN (Danish)Danish, Norwegian