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‖ philister|fɪˈlɪstər|
[The German word for Philistine, f. L. Philistæus, -ēus or Heb. p'lishtī.]
A name applied by the students at German universities to the townsmen, or to all persons not students; an outsider; hence, an unenlightened uncultured person; = Philistine n. 3, 4.
Said to have originated at Jena in 1693, in a sermon from the text Philister über dir, Simson! ‘The Philistines be upon thee, Samson!’ preached by Pastor Götze at the funeral of one of the students, who had been killed by the townsmen in a quarrel between ‘town and gown’. (See Quarterly Rev., Apr. 1899, 438 note.)
1828Carlyle Let. 7 Mar. in Froude Biog. I. xxii. 425 He went to Mill (the British India Philister). 1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 658 Need is there that compassion should be had on the poor infatuated philister! 1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. (ed. 2) II. 136 If there were a stupid man amongst us, or what the Germans call a Philister. |