Definition of: philosopher

(fi·los′ə·fər) noun
1. A student of or specialist in philosophy.
2. The creator of a system of philosophy.
3. A man of practical wisdom; one who schools himself to calmness and patience under all circumstances, as originally enjoined by the Stoic philosophy. [<AF philosophre, var. of OF filosofe <L philosophus <Gk. philosophos a lover of wisdom <philos loving + sophos wise]