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THEOPHRASTUS
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• THEOPHRASTUS (noun)
The noun THEOPHRASTUS has 1 sense:
1. Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)
Familiarity information: THEOPHRASTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
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