| The character is a form of idiot savant who combines the disability with the compensating special powers. |
| His rare talent means Joshua has been termed an art savant, a name given to someone who is gifted in a certain area. |
| Beeckman was a savant with a wide range of scientific interests, and his influence on the younger man was considerable. |
| Like Dr. Schliemann he was no erudite savant, but an enthusiast with an eye for likely sites. |
| She was the least savant of the group, according to her tattered footwear, and her lackey hair job tailed the backwoods hillbilly aura about her. |
| He is a man possessed by his calling, a savant given to seeking refuge in his own mind from the slings and arrows of life in the 16th century. |
