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philosophes

philosophes is the plural of philosophe.

Meaning of philosophe

Noun

philosophe (plural philosophes)

  1. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
  2. (derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
    • Dynes, good superannuated philosophe that he is, is as anti-clerical as he is "rationalist," but he surely shouldn't be taken seriously here.1980 August 30, Tim Walton, “Queer Rights Strategy Argued in Quirky Dictionary”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 14

Questions about philosophes

What is philosophes the plural of?
Philosophes is the plural of philosophe.

Words near philosophes in the dictionary

  1. philosophers stones
  2. philosophers' stone
  3. philosophers' stones
  4. philosophers' wool
  5. philosophership
  6. philosophes
  7. philosophess
  8. philosophesses
  9. philosophia perennis
  10. philosophic
  11. philosophical

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