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English Dictionary: Philosopher by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
philosopher
n
  1. a specialist in philosophy
  2. a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philosopher \Phi*los"o*pher\, n. [OE. philosophre, F.
      philosophe, L. philosophus, Gr. [?]; [?] loving + [?] wise.
      Cf. {Philosophy}.]
      1. One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to,
            philosophy.
  
                     Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of
                     the Stoics, encountered him.               --Acts xvii.
                                                                              18.
  
      2. One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice
            in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the
            rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all
            vicissitudes with calmness.
  
      3. An alchemist. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Philosopher's stone}, an imaginary stone which the
            alchemists formerly sought as instrument of converting the
            baser metals into gold.
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