phi·los·o·pher  (f ĭ-l ŏs ə-f ər)
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n.1. A student of or specialist in philosophy. 2. A person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy. 3. A person who is calm and rational under any circumstances.
[Middle English philosophre, from alteration of Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, lover of wisdom, philosopher : philo-, philo- + sophiā, knowledge, learning.] |
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