DUNS SCOTUS

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• DUNS SCOTUS (noun)
  The noun DUNS SCOTUS has 1 sense:

1. Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)

  Familiarity information: DUNS SCOTUS used as a noun is very rare.

• DUNS SCOTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Duns Scotus; John Duns Scotus

Instance hypernyms:

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

 Context examples 

Here am I upholding the good fame of the learned Duns Scotus against the foolish quibblings and poor silly reasonings of Willie Ockham.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have read Ockham, Bradwardine, and other of the schoolmen, together with the learned Duns Scotus and the book of the holy Aquinas.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)