doctor of humane letters

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   an honorary degree in letters

   Broaderhonorary degree

Questions about doctor of humane letters

What does doctor of humane letters mean?

doctor of humane letters means "an honorary degree in letters".

Is doctor of humane letters a common word?

doctor of humane letters is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.