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Fire philosopher

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of alchemist. obsolete

    "Most of such experiments were made by means of fire, and hence, […] the experimenters were termed Alchemists, meaning “The Firists,” or “The Fire Philosophers;” […]"

Etymology

A calque of Latin philosophus per ignem (“philosopher by fire”).

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