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Definitions: Schoolman |
SchoolmanNoun1. A scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism. 2. A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Schoolman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
Synonyms: SchoolmanSynonyms: academician (n), medieval Schoolman (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scholar | Noun: scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman, professor, graduate, wrangler; academician, academist; master of arts, doctor, licentitate, gownsman; philosopher, master of math; scientist, clerk; sophist, sophister; linguist; glossolinguist, philologist; philologer; lexicographer, glossographer; grammarian; litterateur, literati, dilettanti, illuminati, cogniscenti; fellow, Hebraist, lexicologist, mullah, munshi, Sanskritish; sinologist, sinologue; Mezzofanti, admirable Crichton, Mecaenas. |
Theology | Theologue, theologian; scholastic, divine, schoolman, canonist, theologist; the Fathers. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Schoolman |
| English words defined with "Schoolman": medieval Schoolman ♦ Schoolmen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Schoolman": Sentences. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Schoolman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Schoolman" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Schoolman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Schoolman | Last name | 170 | 49,519 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "Schoolman": medieval Schoolman. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "Schoolman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skolastik (scholastic), mësues (doctor, educator, instructor, pedagogue, Professor, scholar, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أستاذ في الجامعة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | схоластик (scholastic), учител (dominie, educator, guru, instructor, master, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolmaster, teacher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | scholastik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | professeur (schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | teológus (divine, theologian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scolastico (scholastic, school, school fees, student). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fallsoonagh (philosopher, philosophic, philosophical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oolmanschay professor (beak, instructor, lector, lecturer, master, preceptor, professor, professorate, schoolteacher, teacher), escolástico (academical, scholastic). (various references) scolast (scholastic), profesor (academic, master, pedagogue, pedant, professor, schoolmaster, teacher), învãţãtor (master, pedagogue, school teacher, schoolmaster, teacher, usher). (various references) схоласт (scholastic), преподаватель (academic, teacher). (various references) sholastičar (scholastic, schoolmaster, school-master), pedagog (educationalist, pedagogue, schoolmaster, school-master), naučnik (boffin, savant, scientist). (various references) escolástico (scholastic). (various references) skolastik görüşlü kimse, ortaçağda üniversite eğitmeni. (various references) схоласт (doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dunce, scholastic), викладач філософії, педагог (educationalist, educationist, educator, pedagog, pedagogue, schoolteacher). (various references) ysgolwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Schoolman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scholme, Schoonman, Schulmann, Schurman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-l-m-n-o-o-s" | |
-2 letters: lochans, molochs, moolahs. | |
-3 letters: cashoo, cholos, colons, consol, hansom, lochan, machos, macons, mascon, mochas, moloch, moolah, moolas, nachos, salmon, saloon, school, shalom, sholom, smooch, socman, solano. | |
-4 letters: achoo, calms, calos, canso, chams, chaos, chasm, cholo, clams, clans, clash, clons, coals, cohos, colas, colon, comal, comas, cools, coons, halms, halos, holms, homos, loach, loams, loans, lochs, locos, looms, loons, macho, machs, macon, manos, mason, moans, mocha, molas, monas, monos, mooch, moola, mools, moons, nacho, nolos, nomas, nomos, osmol, salon, schmo, shoal, shool, shoon, snool, solan, solon. | |
-5 letters: alms, also, calm, calo, cams, cans, cash, cham, chao, chon, clam, clan, clon, coal, coho, cola, cols, coma, cons, cool, coon, coos, cosh, halm, halo, hams, holm, hols, homo, hons, lacs, lams, lash, loam, loan, loca, loch, loco, loom, loon, loos, mach, macs, mano, mans, mash, mhos, moan, moas, mocs, mola, mols, mono, mons, mool, moon, moos, mosh, naos, nolo, noma, noms, nosh, ocas, ohms, oohs, scam, scan, sham, shmo, shoo, slam, sola, solo, soma, soon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-l-m-n-o-o-s" | |
+2 letters: monochasial. | |
+4 letters: commonwealths. | |
+5 letters: antialcoholism, cholangiograms, machicolations, monotheistical, nonchromosomal, physiognomical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 68 6F 6F 6C 6D 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .... --- --- .-.. -- .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101000 01101111 01101111 01101100 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c h o o l m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0068 006F 006F 006C 006D 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536974818178796780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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