schoolman

American  

[skool-muhn, -man] / ˈskul mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

plural

schoolmen

1. a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.

2. (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.

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schoolman ¹ British  

/ ˈskuːlmən /

noun

1. (sometimes capital) a scholar versed in the learning of the Schoolmen

2. rare a professional educator or teacher

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Schoolman ² British  

/ ˈskuːlmən /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages who was versed in scholasticism; scholastic

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Etymology

Origin of schoolman

First recorded in 1530–40; school ¹ + man

Example Sentences

Every schoolman knows why: students, teachers, principals and headmasters keep their eyes glued on the entrance requirements of the colleges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week it looked as though Secretary Gray, at 40, might end up a schoolman yet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. O'Shea has been a public schoolman for 46 years.

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first author, whose sentiments I would request you to weigh, is Gabriel Biel, a schoolman of great celebrity135.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Tyler, James Endell