Sophister
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sophist.
"A subtle traitor needs no sophister."
- 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."
Example
More examples"A subtle traitor needs no sophister."
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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