schoolmaster

[ skool-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]
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noun
  1. a man who presides over or teaches in a school.

  2. anything that teaches or directs: Life can be a harsh schoolmaster.

  1. a snapper, Lutjanus apodus, a food fish found in Florida, the West Indies, etc.

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to teach or direct in the capacity of schoolmaster.

Origin of schoolmaster

1
First recorded in 1175–1225, schoolmaster is from the Middle English word scolemaister.See school1, master

Other words from schoolmaster

  • school·mas·ter·ship, noun

Words Nearby schoolmaster

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How to use schoolmaster in a sentence

  • I fancy, however, since the schoolmaster has gone abroad, that kind of dragon has ceased to roar.

    East Anglia | J. Ewing Ritchie
  • "Have a drop to raise your spirits," said the schoolmaster, filling him a brimmer, and fairly forcing it into his hand.

British Dictionary definitions for schoolmaster

schoolmaster

/ (ˈskuːlˌmɑːstə) /


noun
  1. a man who teaches in or runs a school

  2. a person or thing that acts as an instructor

  1. a food fish, Lutjanus apodus, of the warm waters of the Caribbean and Atlantic: family Lutjanidae (snappers)

verb(intr)
  1. to be a schoolmaster

Derived forms of schoolmaster

  • schoolmastering, noun
  • schoolmasterish, adjective
  • schoolmasterly, adjective
  • schoolmastership, noun

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