[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dunce \dunce\, n. from joannes duns scotus, a schoolman called
   the subtle doctor, who died in 1308. originally in the phrase
   "a duns man". see note below.
   one backward in book learning; a child or other person dull
   or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
   1913 webster

         i never knew this town without dunces of figure.
                                                  --swift.
   1913 webster

   note: the schoolmen were often called, after their great
         leader duns scotus, dunsmen or duncemen. in the revival
         of learning they were violently opposed to classical
         studies; hence, the name of dunce was applied with
         scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one
         slow at learning, a dullard.
         1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dunce
     n : these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's
         intelligence syn: dunderhead, numskull, blockhead,
          bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
          muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead
see also:
dunderhead numskull blockhead bonehead lunkhead hammerhead 
knucklehead loggerhead muttonhead shithead fuckhead 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

61 moby thesaurus words for "dunce":
   boeotian, block, blockhead, bonehead, boob, booby, bufflehead,
   cabbagehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodpate,
   clodpoll, cluck, dabbler, dilettante, dimwit, dodo, dolt, dolthead,
   donkey, dope, drip, duffer, dullard, dullhead, dumb, dumb cluck,
   dumbbell, dummy, fool, gowk, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus,
   illiterate, illiterati, jobbernowl, know-nothing, lackwit,
   lamebrain, lightweight, looby, loon, lowbrow, middlebrow, niais,
   nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, no scholar, noddy,
   puddinghead, put, stupid, tenderfoot, thickwit, unintelligentsia,
   witling

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