Oh interesting. I was thrown also by the use. Just looked it up and found: "3a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the humanities. 4. Humanist A Renaissance s

Oh interesting. I was thrown also by the use. Just looked it up and found: "3a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the humanities. 4. Humanist A Renaissance scholar devoted to Humanism." [0] So I guess it's a pretty major use of the word. [0]http://www.thefreedictionary.com/humanist http://www.thefreedictionary.com/humanist