Alcuin Syllabification: (Al·cuin)Pronunciation: /ˈalkwən/Definition of Alcuin (circa 735–804) English scholar, theologian, and adviser to Charlemagne; also known as Albinus. He is credited with the transformation of Charlemagne’s court into a cultural center during the Carolingian Renaissance. Alcuin in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Alcuin in the British & World English dictionary