philosopher

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a specialist in philosophy
  2. noun a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

Etymology

From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er. Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras to describe himself. Displaced native Old English ūþwita.

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