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schoolmaster

[ skool-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
anything that teaches or directs:
Life can be a harsh schoolmaster.
a snapper, Lutjanus apodus, a food fish found in Florida, the West Indies, etc.

schoolmaster

/ ˈskuːlˌmɑːstə /

a man who teaches in or runs a school
a person or thing that acts as an instructor
a food fish, Lutjanus apodus, of the warm waters of the Caribbean and Atlantic: family Lutjanidae (snappers)

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

And with no negative response from my friend, his schoolmaster.

Six years later Ellen, after deducting 10 years from her actual age, married a schoolmaster and became the mother of two.

Another interesting individual was Artemio Ricarte, formerly a primary schoolmaster.

Why, at Stannesley, the village schoolmaster's wife was called Harper before she married, I remember.

The Drapers were maintaining their school and schoolmaster in 1492; their almshouses were only rivalled by those of the Mercers.

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

"Have a drop to raise your spirits," said the schoolmaster, filling him a brimmer, and fairly forcing it into his hand.

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