"sophont" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1980, David Brin, Sundiver, page 50",
          "text": "I'm honored to meet a sophont of the Soro line in person!",
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          "ref": "1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, Tor Books, page 406",
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