OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 46358

analphabet

/ænˈælfəbɛt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
analfabeta • analfabeto
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
In 1861, out of a total population of 21,777,331, there were no less than 16,999,701 "analphabetes," or persons absolutely unable to read.
The governor of a distant province receives a telegram from the Ministry asking how many analphabets (illiterates) there are in his area. Neither he nor his colleagues know what an…
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