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sophisters

sophisters is the plural of sophister.

Meaning of sophister

Noun

sophister (plural sophisters)

  1. (derogatory, historical, obsolete) Synonym of sophist.
    • A subtle traitor needs no sophister.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    sophist
  2. (UK, US, archaic, universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.
    • 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.1851, Benjamin Homer Hall, College Words and Customs, Cambridge, Mass.: John Bartlett, page 287

Questions about sophisters

What is sophisters the plural of?
Sophisters is the plural of sophister.

Words near sophisters in the dictionary

  1. Sophis
  2. sophism
  3. sophisms
  4. sophist
  5. sophister
  6. sophisters
  7. sophisti-pop
  8. sophistic
  9. sophistical
  10. sophistically
  11. sophisticalness

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