The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton
noun
Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
Syn: ↑Crichton, ↑James Crichton
Instance Hypernyms: ↑scholar, ↑scholarly person, ↑bookman, ↑student

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