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schoolman

noun
school·​man | \ ˈskül-mÉ™n How to pronounce schoolman (audio) , -ËŒman\

Definition of schoolman

1a : one skilled in academic disputation
b capitalized : scholastic sense 1a
2a : educator sense 1
b : educator sense 2b

First Known Use of schoolman

circa 1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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