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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

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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.

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  • TEACHER
    1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
  • DOCTORATE
    The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
  • MASTERSHIP
    1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what
  • MASTEROUS
    Masterly. Milton.
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. 2. Literary education. Any other house of scholarship. Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar;
  • DOCTORAL
    Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.
  • GOWNSMAN; GOWNMAN
    One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
  • DOCTORLY
    Like a doctor or learned man. "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.
  • STUDENTRY
    A body of students.
  • STUDENT
    1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a
  • MASTERFULLY
    In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
  • MASTERSINGER
    One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
  • LINGUIST
    1. A master of the use of language; a talker. I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. J. Webster. 2. A person skilled in languages. There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. Macaulay.
  • PUPILLARY
    Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward. Johnson.
  • DISCIPLESS
    A female disciple.
  • SCHOOLMAN
    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
  • LINGUISTICS
    The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
  • SCHOLARLY
    Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. -- adv.
  • PUPILLARITY
    The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females. (more info) Law)
  • LINGUISTIC; LINGUISTICAL
    Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
  • CREMASTERIC
    Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
  • BAGGAGE MASTER
    One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
  • SCHOOL-TEACHER
    One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.
  • TOASTMASTER
    A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
  • CONDISCIPLE
    A schoolfellow; a fellow-student.
  • TASKMASTER
    One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.
  • BANDMASTER
    The conductor of a musical band.
  • HARBOR MASTER
    An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
  • WEIGHMASTER
    One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
  • BEEMASTER
    One who keeps bees.
  • POSTMASTERSHIP
    The office of postmaster.
  • BARMASTER
    Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.
  • POSTMASTER-GENERAL
    The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

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