schoolman
noun
a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
schoolmen
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pluralof schoolman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Aquinas and his fellow scholars who met at the great universities were known as schoolmen, or scholastics.
From Textbooks ā Jan. 1, 2012
As it is used, even by these schoolmen, it seems to signify only those means by which we take in information about our environment, including our own bodies, presumably.
From The Guardian ā Jun. 4, 2010
Repeated last week was the curious spectacle of private schoolmen reading the annual report of the headmaster of one of the least progressive schools and finding therein some of the most progressive views.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was constantly mingling with schoolmen and failed to notice at anytime a colleague with symptoms of indulgence.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is needless to say more of the schoolmen.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
