Renaissance man

/ˌˈrɛnəˌˈsɑns mæn/

Definitions of Renaissance man

1. noun

   a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
   synonyms: generalist

   type of:

   bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
2. noun

   a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
   type of:

   bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines