Words / 1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge / S / Subtle Doctor
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Subtle Doctor, name given to Duns Scotus (q.v.) for his hairsplitting acuteness and extreme subtlety of distinction.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)