Wise man
/ˈwʌɪzman/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a male wise and trusted guide and advisor wordnet
- 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 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."
Antonyms
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More examples"That is the reason, why some say, that the wiseman liveth as long as he ought, and not so long as he can."
Etymology
wise + man