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philosophe

noun
/ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).

  1. borrowed from philosophe — “philosopher”

Definitions

  1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.

  2. An incompetent philosopher

    An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.

    • Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.

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