noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of schoolman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Schoolman
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noun
Meaning 2
A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Essays, London: John Jaggard, 1613, “Of Studies,” So if a mans wit be wandering, let him study Mathematicks; if his wit be not apt to distinguish, or finde difference, let him study the Schoole-men; if it be not apt to beat over matters, and to find out resemblances, let him study Lawyers cases. So every defect of the mind may have speciall receit.
- 1764, James Murray, The History of Religion, 2nd edition, London: C. Henderson et al., Volume 1, Chapter 1, p. 65, Purgatory was a device of St. Austin’s in this century; but he both said and unsaid it, and at last, like a wise schoolman, left it doubtful.
- 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, Appendix, “Socialism,” Too many thoroughly well-meaning men and women in the America of to-day glibly repeat and accept—much as medieval schoolmen repeated and accepted authorized dogma in their day—various assumptions and speculations by Marx and others which by the lapse of time and by actual experiment have been shown to possess not one shred of value.
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noun
Meaning 3
a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: academician
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Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
noun
Meaning 4
a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: medieval Schoolman
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Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
History
Etymology
From Middle English scoleman (attested in names), from Old English scōlman, scōlmann (“student, scholar”), equivalent to school + -man.