Wise man

//ˈwʌɪzman// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who is wise.

    "That is the reason, why some say, that the wiseman liveth as long as he ought, and not so long as he can."

  2. 2
    a male wise and trusted guide and advisor wordnet
  3. 3
    A man who is a sage or seer.

    "Steady old Väinämöinen / the everlasting wise man [translating tietäjä] / was driving along his roads / pacing out his ways / in those glades of Väinö-land / on the Kalevala heaths."

  4. 4
    A magus or wizard, now especially one of the three biblical magi.

    "Some of the other charms employed by the wise men had a more tangled pedigree."

Etymology

wise + man

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