GYMNOSOPHIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gymnosophist" is a kind of...):

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Derivation:

gymnosophy (the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation)

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