Renaissance man
Example Sentences
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They remembered Robert Lesslie, 70, as a Renaissance man who not only practiced medicine and attended to many in the community but authored books and took up horticulture as a hobby.
From Seattle Times
A self-described Renaissance man, he was used to picking up odd jobs.
From Washington Times
Linda Spietz described her grandfather as a “gentleman” and a “Renaissance man,” who enjoyed everything from hunting and fishing to writing to performing magic tricks.
From Washington Times
“My father was an extraordinary person, a Renaissance man of great humanism; that is the way I was brought up,” Mr. Fou said in an interview with Jessica Duchen, a classical music writer.
From Washington Post
Painter, engineer, anatomist, the designer of torture devices as well as machines to break men out of prison, Leonardo is heralded as the “real Renaissance man.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
