sophist

Definition

One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sophista, also sophistes, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “pursuer of wisdom”), from σοφίζομαι (sophízomai, “to become wise”).

Example Sentences

• "[T]hey have acted in this Calumny both the injuſtice of the Tyrant, and the forgery of the Sophiſt."

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