noun
also sor·bonn·ist (ˈ)sȯ(r)|bänə̇st, -|bən-
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle French sorboniste, from Sorbonne, a house for impoverished theological students at the University of Paris, now the site of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris (after Robert de Sorbon died 1274 French theologian, its founder) + -iste -ist
1. : a member of the faculty of theology or a theological student at the University of Paris
2. : a graduate of or student at the Sorbonne