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Note that this is not ''[[Always Male|always]]'' [[Always Male|a man]], but neither is it strictly a [[Unisex Tropes|unisex trope]]. It is ''possible'' for a woman to be "A Lady and a Scholar", but because women were not common in academia until fairly recently in history, the archetype has not really had proper time to develop an easily-recognizable [[Distaff Counterpart]].
 
Also see [[Good Is Not Dumb]]. If he has magic, he's a [[Gentleman Wizard]]. If he's as skilled at combat as he is at etiquette, he's a [[Cultured Badass]].
 
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