schoolman

schoolman
noun Date: circa 1533 1. a. one skilled in academic disputation b. capitalized scholastic 1a 2. a. educator 1 b. educator 2b

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  • Schoolman — School man , n.; pl. {Schoolmen}. One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity. [1913 Webster] Note: The schoolmen were philosophers and divines of the Middle Ages, esp. from the 11th century to the Reformation, who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • schoolman — index pedagogue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • schoolman — [sko͞ol′mən; ] for 2, often [, sko͞ol′man΄] n. pl. schoolmen [sko͞ol′mən; ] for 2, often [, sko͞ol′men΄] 1. [often S ] any of the medieval university teachers of philosophy, logic, and theology; scholastic 2. a teacher, educator, or scholar …   English World dictionary

  • SCHOOLMAN, BERTHA S. — SCHOOLMAN, BERTHA S. (1897–1974), U.S. Zionist leader. Bertha Schoolman, who was born in New York City, studied at Hunter College and at the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary. From 1919 to 1923 she taught at the Central Jewish …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • schoolman — /skoohl meuhn, man /, n., pl. schoolmen / meuhn, men / 1. a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits. 2. (sometimes cap.) a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages; one of the medieval writers …   Universalium

  • schoolman — noun An academician …   Wiktionary

  • Schoolman — noun Any of the medieval scholastics who taught logic, metaphysics, and theology in the early European universities …   Wiktionary

  • Schoolman — A teacher at one of the medieval universities; a medieval scholastic, between the 9c and 14c, trained in philosophy and theology …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • schoolman — Synonyms and related words: academician, bookman, canonist, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, divine, divinity student, genius, giant of learning, humanist, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • schoolman — school·man || skuːlmÉ™n n. person who is skilled in academic debate; medieval scholar who taught at university according to the scholastic system …   English contemporary dictionary

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