"walking dictionary" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-walking dictionary.ogg [Australia] Forms: walking dictionaries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} walking dictionary (plural walking dictionaries)
  1. (informal) A person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: walking encyclopedia Translations (person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms): хадзячая энцыклапедыя (xadzjačaja encyklapjedyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), 活字典 (huózìdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kävelevä sanakirja (Finnish), encyclopédie vivante [feminine] (French), κινητή εγκυκλοπαίδεια (kinití egkyklopaídeia) [feminine] (Greek), enciclopedia ambulante [feminine] (Italian), enciclopedia umana [feminine] (Italian), 生き字引 (iki jibiki) (alt: いき じびき) (Japanese), chodząca encyklopedia [feminine] (Polish), enciclopédia ambulante [feminine] (Portuguese), enciclopedie ambulantă [feminine] (Romanian), ходячая энциклопедия (xodjačaja enciklopedija) [feminine] (Russian), enciclopedia andante [feminine] (Spanish), ayaklı ansiklopedi (Turkish), ayaklı kütüphane (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-walking_dictionary-en-noun-sEtcJ0Ce Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "tags": [
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          "word": "enciclopedie ambulantă"
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          "roman": "xodjačaja enciklopedija",
          "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ходячая энциклопедия"
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      "roman": "xadzjačaja encyklapjedyja",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хадзячая энцыклапедыя"
    },
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      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
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      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "word": "kävelevä sanakirja"
    },
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      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encyclopédie vivante"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kinití egkyklopaídeia",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κινητή εγκυκλοπαίδεια"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enciclopedia ambulante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "enciclopedia umana"
    },
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      "roman": "iki jibiki",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "word": "生き字引"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chodząca encyklopedia"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enciclopédia ambulante"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "enciclopedie ambulantă"
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      "roman": "xodjačaja enciklopedija",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ходячая энциклопедия"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enciclopedia andante"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "word": "ayaklı ansiklopedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person familiar with a wide range of specialized terms",
      "word": "ayaklı kütüphane"
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  "word": "walking dictionary"
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