What does "philosophe" mean?

Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.

What is a synonym for "philosophe"?

Common synonyms include: academician, classicist, clerk, genius, humanist, learned man.

Pronounced //ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf//.

/ˌfɪl.əˈzɒf/ noun

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Noun

1
Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
2
An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster. derogatory
"Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here."

"Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here."

Borrowed from French philosophe (“philosopher”).