Definition of Schoolman

1. Noun. A scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism.

Exact synonyms: Medieval Schoolman
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student

2. Noun. A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation.
Exact synonyms: Academician
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student
Derivative terms: Academy, Academy, Academy, Academy

Definition of Schoolman

1. n. One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity.

Definition of Schoolman

1. Noun. Any of the medieval scholastics who taught logic, metaphysics, and theology in the early European universities ¹

2. Noun. An academician ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schoolman

1. [n SCHOOLMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolman

schoolhouses
schoolie
schoolies
schooling
schoolings
schoolish
schoolishly
schoolishness
schoolkid
schoolkids
schoolless
schoollike
schoolma'am
schoolmaid
schoolmaids
schoolman (current term)
schoolmarm
schoolmarmish
schoolmarmishly
schoolmarms
schoolmaster
schoolmastered
schoolmastering
schoolmasterish
schoolmasterly
schoolmasters
schoolmate
schoolmates
schoolmen
schoolmistress

Literary usage of Schoolman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1841)
"... i 1-1 • lr... . i by deliberation; a definition good enough to be made by a schoolman. Nor is the rest of the definition ..."

2. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... summoned before the Chancellor of Worcester—Consoled by an aged Doc tor—Attacked by a schoolman—His Secret becomes known—He leaves Sodbury Hall. ..."

3. Helping School Children: Suggestions for Efficient Cooperation with the by Elsa Denison (1912)
"From editors and those who understand the technique of using type the schoolman may draw suggestions for the setup of his report, ..."

4. Helping School Children: Suggestions for Efficient Cooperation with the by Elsa Denison (1912)
"From editors and those who understand the technique of using type the schoolman may draw suggestions for the setup of his report, for the arrangement of ..."

5. Helping School Children: Suggestions for Efficient Cooperation with the by Elsa Denison (1912)
"From editors and those who understand the technique of using type the schoolman may draw suggestions for the setup of his report, for the arrangement of ..."

6. The University of Cambridge by James Bass Mullinger (1873)
"Precisely that contempt with which the ordinary scholar now regards the metaphysical researches uf the schoolmen, was felt by the schoolman of the ..."

7. The Life of Andrew Melville: Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical by Thomas M'Crie (1819)
"Those of his persuasion accounted him the best schoolman of his time, and they have said that he ..."

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