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Definition of savant noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

savant

noun

NAmE//sæˈvɑnt//

, NAmE//səˈvɑnt//

(formal)

1a person with great knowledge and ability

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2a person who is less intelligent than others but who has particular unusual abilities that other people do not have

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