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- noun rare A female
philosopher .
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Examples
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So Dalilah the Wily is noted to be a philosopheress.
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Did you ever know such a philosopheress as I am developing into?
Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster 1896
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-- A poet doesn't want to marry a poetess, nor a philosopher a philosopheress.
Phineas Redux 1873
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That clever women abound in the present day we have undeniable proof -- many as clever, no doubt, as that famous philosopheress Madame du
Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) Sutherland Menzies 1861
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So Dalilah the Wily is noted to be a philosopheress.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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-- A poet doesn't want to marry a poetess, nor a philosopher a philosopheress.
Phineas Redux Anthony Trollope 1848
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_philosopheress_ Madame du Châtelet, who managed, at one and the same moment, the thread of an intrigue, her cards at piquet, and a calculation in algebra, was a very clever woman!
Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical 1827
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A poet doesn’t want to marry a poetess, nor a philosopher a philosopheress.
Phineas Redux 2004
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She consulted her husband, who replied, "'_Henriette_' is a little philosopheress with plenty of sense.
The Idol of Paris Sarah Bernhardt 1884
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