woman of letters

Noun

Meaning

woman of letters (plural women of letters)

(dated) female equivalent of man of letters

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

penman academic scholar novelist bookworm thinker polymath tragedian Bluestocking man of letters scriptwriter

Examples

Almost overnight, Dorothy Parker was transformed from a woman of letters into a gin-soaked quote machine, with a martini in one hand and a dagger in the other. Dorothy Parker

Close letter words and terms

woman of high station woman of ill fame woman of ill repute woman of means woman of quality woman of the cloth