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Definition of Literate person

1. Noun. A person who can read and write.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Literate Person

Literary usage of Literate person

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Equipped for the Future: A Customer-Driven Vision for Adult Literacy by Sondra Gayle Stein (1996)
"A literate person can vote and select wisely the best candidate as governor or president. Also a literate person can learn to pay income tax to help better ..."

2. Observations on the Statutes of the Reformation Parliament in the Reign of by Andrew Amos (1859)
"And where certificate hath been made by the summoner, apparitor, or any such light literate person, that the party against whom any such citation hath been ..."

3. The Principles and Law of Tithing: Adapted to the Instruction and by Francis Plowden (1806)
"... literate person, that the party against whom any such * citation hath been awarded, hath been cited or summoned, and thereupon * the same party, ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"... or any such light literate person, that the party against whom any such citation hath been awarded, hath been cited or summoned, and thereupon the same ..."

5. Lower Canada Reports =: Décisions Des Tribunaux Du Bas-Canada by Simon Lelièvre (1863)
"... or by any literate person—and the affidavit of such Bailiff or of such literate person, made before some Commissioner authorized to receive affidavits ..."

6. The Lower Canada Jurist: Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada by Strachan Bethune, John Sprott Archibald, William Hey, John Stuart Buchan (1857)
"Even if that distinction existed, which was denied, there was nothing to shew that the deponent was a " literate person." The signature was the only ..."

7. The Lower Canada Jurist: Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada by Strachan Bethune, John Sprott Archibald, William Hey, John Stuart Buchan (1858)
"Even if that distinction existed, which was denied, there was nothing to shew that the deponent was a " literate person." The signature was the only ..."

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