Hypertext Webster Gateway: "literate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Literate \Lit"er*ate\, a. [L. litteratus, literatus. See
{Letter}.]
Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned;
lettered.
The literate now chose their emperor, as the military
chose theirs. --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Literate \Lit"er*ate\, n.
1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree;
especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy
orders. [Eng.]
2. A literary man.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
literate
adj 1: able to read and write [ant: {illiterate}]
2: able to read and write
n : a person who can read and write [syn: {literate person}]
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