[phi.los.o.pher] n [ME, modif. of MF philosophe, fr. L philosophus, fr. Gk philosophos, fr. phil- + sophia wisdom, fr. sophos wise] (14c) 1 a: a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment: scholar, thinker b: a student of philosophy
2. 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