• (n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence. • (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument. • (n.) A sophist. See Sophist. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/sophister/
Soph'ist·er noun 1. A sophist. See Sophist . [ Obsolete] Hooker. 2. (Eng. Univ.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence. » The entire course at the university consists of three years and one term, during which the students have the... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/146