philosophe
nounUK /ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/
Etymology Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).
1
Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
2
Derogatory An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
- Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14:
- Derived terms
- philosophess