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schoolman |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Schoolman \School"man`\, n.; pl {Schoolmen}. One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity. Note: The schoolmen were philosophers and divines of the Middle Ages, esp. from the 11th century to the Reformation, who spent much time on points of nice and abstract speculation. They were so called because they taught in the medi[ae]val universities and schools of divinity. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Schoolman n 1: a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism [syn: {Schoolman}, {medieval Schoolman}] 2: a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation [syn: {academician}]
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