ERASMUS

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• ERASMUS (noun)
  The noun ERASMUS has 1 sense:

1. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)

  Familiarity information: ERASMUS used as a noun is very rare.

• ERASMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Desiderius Erasmus; Erasmus; Geert Geerts; Gerhard Gerhards

Instance hypernyms:

humanist (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

Derivation:

Erasmian (of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus)

 Context examples 

Alleyne stooped and kissed her, for the kiss was the common salutation of the age, and, as Erasmus long afterwards remarked, more used in England than in any other country.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)