LUMINARY


Meaning of LUMINARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lu:mɪnəri, AM -neri ]

( luminaries)

If you refer to someone as a luminary , you mean that they are an expert in a particular subject or activity. ( LITERARY )

...the political opinions of such luminaries as Sartre or de Beauvoir.

= expert

N-COUNT

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