luminary
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
eminent person; celestial body; light sourcePart of speech:
NounPlural: luminaries
Example sentences with this word:
Helen Gardner, for many years an Oxford luminary, did not believe that the purpose of English was to turn out critics, any more than it was to produce poets and novelists.
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