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Sophister

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sophist.

    "A subtle traitor needs no sophister."

  2. 2
    A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence. UK, US, dated

    "In the older American colleges, the junior and senior classes were originally called Junior Sophisters and Senior Sophisters. The term is also used at Oxford and Dublin."

Etymology

From Middle English shophister, sofister, sofistre, sophister, sophistre, sovyster, from Anglo-Norman sofistre, a variant of Old French sofiste, sophiste.

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