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phi·los·o·pher       (fĭ-lŏs'ə-fər)  Pronunciation Key 
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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