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Definition of Literates
1. literate [n] - See also: literate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Literates
Literary usage of Literates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Slums of Baltimore, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia by United States Bureau of Labor, Victor Hugo Olmsted, Alfred S. Houghton (1894)
"... AND Literates, BY SELECTED PLACES OF BIRTH AND SEX—Concluded. [This table
includes only persons 10 years of age or over. ..."
2. Ireland and Her Churches by James Godkin (1867)
"Most of the literates have left the diocese soon after their ordination, in the
hope of getting a better social position; but some few were made permanent ..."
3. The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago by Alleyne Ireland (1907)
"The Shan States showed only 1239 literates and learners in 1891. It by no means
follows, because in March 1901 there were 41409 literates in the two ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"At the Trinity Sunday Ordinations of the present year there appeared 110 candidates
from Cambridge, 72 from Oxford, 18 from Dublin, literates 82, total 282. ..."
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