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Meaning: (idiomatic)A person whose thoughts areprofound; anintellectual.1857,Maria Edgeworth, chapter 9, inVivian:Then came a disquisition on pride, with quotations and commonplaces;—then an eulogium, by his lordship, on his lordship's own knowledge of the human heart, and more especially of that "moving toyshop," the female heart; then anecdotes illustrative, comprising the gallantries of thirty years in various ranks of life, with suitable bon-mots and embellishments;—then a little French sentiment, by way of moral, with some philosophical axioms, to show that, though he had led such a gay life, he had been adeep thinker.1923May 19, “Mixed Motives”, inTime:THOMAS PAINE. "Oh what fun it is to be a rebel," says Mr. Bradford. Paine "was a commonplace rebel, entirely practical." Not educated, not adeep thinker.2010August 17,Maureen Dowd, “Opinion: Our Mosque Madness”, inNew York Times, retrieved18 July 2013:Gingrich fancies himself an intellectual, a historian, adeep thinker
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