educated

educated
adjective Date: 1588 1. having an education; especially having an education beyond the average <
educated speakers
>
2. a. giving evidence of training or practice ; skilled <
educated hands
>
b. befitting one that is educated <
educated taste
>
c. based on some knowledge of fact <
an educated guess
>
educatedness noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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