(transferred from 5.) A person of great mental ability; a learned, clever, or intellectual person; a man of talent or intellect; a genius. archaic or…

A person considered as a model of virtue, beauty, ability, etc. A person of great ability, skill, etc.; one who is exceptionally talented in a…

†(a) a person of penetrating intellect (obsolete); (b) a penetrating intellect.

A person having great natural ability or (later) exceptional intellectual power; a genius (genius, n. 8). Obsolete.

A person with exceptional qualities or abilities esp. a precociously talented child. Frequently with appositive modifying word, as child prodigy, infa…

An exceptionally talented or intelligent person; a genius (genius, n. 8). Obsolete.

An outstanding or commanding mind or intellect; a person with such a mind. Also in extended use.

An exceptionally intelligent or talented person, or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of art, science, etc.; a person having genius…

figurative. A person who is strong in an area that requires intellectual skill, esp. one who competes well or successfully.

colloquial. A person. the brain(s): the person in control, the directing intelligence, the mastermind; the cleverest person (in a group, etc.).

= mastermind, n. 2.

Used as an honorific for the heads of Jewish academies in Babylonia, Palestine, Syria, and Egypt from the 6th to the 11th centuries; later in…

A mind of exceptional capacity or ability; a person possessing such a mind.

An overly diligent student, an extremely intelligent person; (also) a person lacking in social skills.

= poindexter, n.