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philosopher

/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fə(ɹ)/

noun

a person who studies ideas about things such as the meaning of life and truth

  • “Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world.”Tatoeba
  • “If you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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