/skoohl"meuhn, -man'/ , n. , pl. schoolmen /-meuhn, -men'/
1. a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
2. ( sometimes cap. ) a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages; one of the medieval writers who dealt with theology and philosophy after the methods of scholasticism.
[ 1530-40; SCHOOL 1 + MAN 1 ]