noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīs man, from wīs wise + man
: a man of unusual learning, judgment, or insight often serving as a counselor : sage ; specifically : a member of a scholarly class especially in Palestine during the biblical period distinguished from both priest and prophet as a thinker versed in general ethical and religious questions and fostering instruction of religious truths with a practical import and a distinctive emphasis on the role of wisdom in the conduct of daily life — compare wisdom 4