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

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 spent much time on points of nice and
         abstract speculation. they were so called because they
         taught in the mediaeval universities and schools of
         divinity.
         1913 webster
see also:
schoolmen 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

schoolman
     n 1: a scholar in one of the universities of the middle ages;
          versed in scholasticism syn: medieval schoolman
     2: a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation syn: academician
see also:
medieval schoolman academician 

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

39 moby thesaurus words for "schoolman":
   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 learning,
   man of letters, mastermind, mine of information, philologist,
   philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, polyhistor,
   polymath, pundit, savant, scholar, scholastic, student, theologian,
   theological, theologician, theologist, theologizer, theologue,
   walking encyclopedia

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