schoolman

[ skool-muhn, -man ]

noun,plural school·men [skool-muhn, -men], /ˈskul mən, -ˌmɛn/,
  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.

Origin of schoolman

1
First recorded in 1530–40; school1 + man

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British Dictionary definitions for schoolman (1 of 2)

schoolman

/ (ˈskuːlmən) /


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

  2. rare, mainly US a professional educator or teacher

British Dictionary definitions for Schoolman (2 of 2)

Schoolman

/ (ˈskuːlmən) /


nounplural -men
  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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