philosoph

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  1. A philosopher: a word sometimes used with a contemptuous implication as nearly equivalent to philosophaster. Also, as French, philosophe. A little light is precious in great darkness; nor, amid myriads of poetasters and philosophes, are poets and philosophers so numerous that we should reject such when they speak to us in the hard, but manly, deep, and expressive tones of that old Saxon speech which is also our mother-tongue. Carlyle, State of German Literature.

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  1. Middle English filosofe (Anglo-Saxon philosoph = Dutch filozoof = German philosoph = Swedish Danish filosof), from Old French filosofe, philosophe, French philosophe = Provencal philosophe = Spanish filósofo = Portuguese philosopho = Italian filosofo, from Latin philosophus, from Greek φιλόσοφος, a philosopher: see philosophy. Cf. philosopher.
 

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