Schoolman
121preceptor — n instructor, teacher, tutor; educator, pedagogue, Educ. methodologist; schoolteacher, schoolmaster, professor; schoolman, scholastic, academician; mentor, counselor, advisor, explainer, expositor, interpreter …
122professor — n full professor, associate professor, assistant professor, doctor, Inf. prof, visiting professor; teacher, Inf. teach, instructor, trainer, coach; fellow, Brit. don, tutor, preceptor, preceptress, lecturer, lector, Brit. reader; educator,… …
123teacher — n 1. instructor, trainer, coach; educator, pedagogue, educationist, Educ. methodologist; schoolteacher, schoolmaster, Chiefly Scot. dominie, schoolmistress, schoolmarm; professor, doctor, master, tutor, fellow, Brit. don, preceptor, lector,… …
124Baxter, Richard — (1615 1691) Divine scholar and controversialist, was b. of poor, but genteel, parents at Rowton in Shropshire, and although he became so eminent for learning, was not ed. at any university. Circumstances led to his turning his attention to a… …
125Duns, Scotus Johannes — (1265? 1308?) Schoolman. The dates of his birth and death and the place of his birth are alike doubtful. He may have been at Oxf., is said to have been a regent or prof. at Paris, and was a Franciscan. He was a man of extraordinary learning,… …
126scholastic — /skəˈlæstɪk / (say skuh lastik) adjective Also, scholastical. 1. of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments. 2. of or relating to the medieval schoolmen. 3. academic. 4. pedantic. 5. of or relating to scholasticism …
127scholastic — [skə las′tik] adj. [L scholasticus < Gr scholastikos < scholazein, to devote one s leisure to study, be at leisure < scholē: see SCHOOL1] 1. of schools, colleges, universities, students, teachers, and studies; educational; academic 2.… …
128school — school1 [sko͞ol] n. [ME scole < OE scol < L schola, school < Gr scholē, leisure, that in which leisure is employed, discussion, philosophy, school < IE base * seĝh , to hold fast, overcome > SCHEME] 1. a place or institution for… …
