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Synonym of sophist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical, obsolete
Examples
- 1783, David Hume (ascribed), Essays on Suicide, and the Immortality of the Soul, London: M. Smith, Letter 114, p. 74, The same sophisters make it a question whether life can ever be an evil? but when we consider the multitude of errors, torments, and vices, with which it abounds, one would rather be inclined to doubt whether it can ever be a blessing.
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Synonyms: sophist
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A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, US, archaic
Qualifier: universities
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From Middle English shophister, sofister, sofistre, sophister, sophistre, sovyster, from Anglo-Norman sofistre, a variant of Old French sofiste, sophiste. Equivalent to sophist + -er.
