SCHOOLMAN

academician, schoolman

(noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

Schoolman, medieval Schoolman

(noun) a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

Schoolman (plural Schoolmen)

Alternative letter-case form of schoolman

Etymology

Noun

schoolman (plural schoolmen)

(historical) A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.

Source: Wiktionary

School"man`, n.; pl. Schoolmen (.

Definition: 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 mediæval universities and schools of divinity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition