Wiktionary
n. 1 A man who is wise. 2 A man who is a sage or seer. 3 A magus or wizard, now especially one of the three biblical magi.
WordNet
n. a wise and trusted guide and advisor [syn: mentor]
Wikipedia
"Wise Man" is a song by British rock band Uriah Heep. The song was written by Ken Hensley and Jack Williams for their album Firefly, which was released on December 7, 1976, a day before their tour kicked off supporting Kiss in Macon, Georgia.* The song is also the first single from the album and the first single with the band's new vocalist John Lawton. "Wise Man" was recorded at Roundhouse Recording Studios in London during October and November 1976, and was written in the key of A major.
Usage examples of "wise man".
No naked little men sat on the summit dispensing wisdom, because the first thing the truly-wise man works out is that sitting around on mountaintops gives you not only haemorrhoids but frostbitten haemorrhoids.
Rather, the line began with a mediator, a wise man who was adept at arbitrating the disputes that were bound to arise between such disparate peoples.
I would not say a word against the joys of physical sex, but it is not the whole story, or even half of it, as every wise man's son doth know, my dear Shakespeare.
Lebo had come from Sonora and was half Tarahumare, a wary, trail-wise man with no illusions.