a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
(sometimes initial capital letter) a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages; one of the medieval writers who dealt with theology and philosophy after the methods of scholasticism.
(sometimes capital) a scholar versed in the learning of the Schoolmen
rare a professional educator or teacher
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Many a schoolman argues that essay exams still measure knowledge�not to mention self-expression�better than multiple-choice tests, especially in English.
From Time Magazine Archive
But people everywhere were amazed last week to hear that Dickson City, coal-mining suburb of Scranton, Pa., has a schoolman who cannot read and can scarcely write.
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Gladstone, Olympian Christian, had, said one, "the mind of a 13th Century schoolman."
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Tall and angular of frame, sandy-haired and lantern-jawed, he has the mien of an old school schoolman, beneath which lie the combined capacities of militant churchman, practical moralist and sagacious promoter.
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I run to a dictionary on a disputed word, and I point my inquiring nose upon the page like a careful schoolman.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried
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