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SOPHISTER

\sˈɒfɪstə], \sˈɒfɪstə], \s_ˈɒ_f_ɪ_s_t_ə]\

Definitions of SOPHISTER

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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At Cambridge, a student advanced beyond the first year of his residence; a sophistical reasoner.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Usually soph, which see, in the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Dublin, a student during his second and third years.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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