Then the literate man went back to eat the ladder, and the three little princesses walked into the castle.

He was a literate man educated in the liberal arts and philosophy.

Some of the village's few literate men had volunteered to teach.

They were the only bodies of literate men who had the time and resources to act as professional transcribers.

These tales were often collected by literate men, and turned into written works.

"That's a very nice room, and he is a literate man."

He talked with intelligent, literate men who appeared to have something in common with him.

They provided sources of literate men, able to serve the crown's growing administrative needs.

Even a brother who spoke with the smooth tongue of a literate man as opposed to his own coarse words.

"Not every literate man is an enemy of the crown," he said.