philosophe

phil·o·sophe

[fil-uh-sof, fil-uh-zof; French fee-law-zawf]
noun, plural phil·o·sophes [-sofs, -zofs; French -zawf] .
1.
any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
2.
a philosophaster.

Origin:
1770–80; < French

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philosophe
"Enlightenment rationalist and skeptic," esp. in ref. to any of the Fr. Encyclopædists, often disparaging (when used by believers), 1774, from Fr. philosophe, lit. "philosopher" (see philosopher). Usually italicized in Eng., but nativized by Peter Gay ("The Enlightenment,"
1966) and others. Also philosophist (1798).
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