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English Dictionary: lettered by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lettered
adj
  1. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
    Synonym(s): knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Letter \Let"ter\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Lettered} (-t[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lettering}.]
      To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a
      book gilt and lettered.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lettered \Let"tered\ (l[ecr]t"t[etil]rd), a.
      1. Literate; educated; versed in literature. [bd] Are you not
            lettered?[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid
                     of the lettered clergy, still chiefly of Roman
                     birth, to reduce to writing the institutes of their
                     forefathers.                                       --Milman.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned. [bd]
            A lettered education.[b8] --Collier.
  
      3. Inscribed or stamped with letters. --Addison.
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