— philosophership , n.
/fi los"euh feuhr/ , n.
1. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
2. a person who is deeply versed in philosophy.
3. a person who establishes the central ideas of some movement, cult, etc.
4. a person who regulates his or her life, actions, judgments, utterances, etc., by the light of philosophy or reason.
5. a person who is rationally or sensibly calm, esp. under trying circumstances.
6. Obs. an alchemist or occult scientist.
[ bef. 900; ME, var. of PHILOSOPHRE philosophe philosophus ); r. OE philosoph philosophus philósophos philosopher, equiv. to philo- PHILO- + soph ( ía ) wisdom (see -SOPHY) + -os n. suffix ]