A person who is able to read and write. / (historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

In the way of one who is literate.

plural of liter

A literary person, a man of letters. / One who writes professionally. / A learned person.

plural of literate

plural of literation

The use of letters to represent sounds, words, etc., in a language.

plural of literator

The quality of being literate.

(law) The method of strictly interpreting a statute according to the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.