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philosophe

phi·lo·sophe [ fíllə sòf, flə zóf ] (plural phi·lo·sophes)


noun 
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leader of Enlightenment: a leading writer or thinker of the Enlightenment in 18th-century France, who advocated a rational approach to philosophy and government and criticized the French social and political system

[Late 18th century. Via French< Latin philosophus (see philosopher)]
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