Bible Dictionaries
Sophister

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.

(2):

(n.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.

(3):

(n.) A sophist. See Sophist.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sophister'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sophister.html. 1828.