Main Entry:

phi·los·o·pher

Pronunciation:

\fə-ˈlä-s(ə-)fər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English philosophe, philosophre, from Anglo-French, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, from phil- + sophia wisdom, from sophos wise

Date:

14th century

1 a: a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment : scholar, thinker b: a student of philosophy2 a: a person whose philosophical perspective makes meeting trouble with equanimity easier b: an expounder of a theory in a particular area of experience c: one who philosophizes