SOPHISTER


Meaning of SOPHISTER in English

/sof"euh steuhr/ , n.

1. a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.

2. Chiefly Brit. (esp. formerly) a second or third year student at a university.

3. Obs. an ancient Greek sophist.

[ 1350-1400; ME sophistre sophista. See SOPHIST ]

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