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E•ras•mus



Pronunciation: (i-raz'mus), [key]
—n.
1. Des•i•de•ri•us Pronunciation: (des"i-dēr'ē-us), [key] 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “beloved.”

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