schoolmaster
1Schoolmaster — School mas ter, n. 1. The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school. [1913 Webster] Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, a person less imposing, in… …
2schoolmaster — index pedagogue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3schoolmaster — ► NOUN ▪ a male teacher in a school …
4schoolmaster — [sko͞ol′mas΄tər, sko͞ol′mäs΄tər] n. 1. Old fashioned a man who teaches in a school 2. Chiefly Brit. a headmaster or master in a school 3. a person or thing that disciplines or instructs 4. a reddish brown and orange snapper (Lutjanus apodus) with …
5schoolmaster — This would not normally be used as a professional title in direct address, but there is a fine passage in Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens, which demonstrates how it can be converted to that use. Bradley Headstone is talking to Eugene… …
6schoolmaster — schoolmastership, n. /skoohl mas teuhr, mah steuhr/, n. 1. a man who presides over or teaches in a school. 2. anything that teaches or directs: Life can be a harsh schoolmaster. 3. a snapper, Lutjanus apodus, a food fish found in Florida, the… …
7schoolmaster — UK [ˈskuːlˌmɑːstə(r)] / US [ˈskulˌmæstər] noun [countable] Word forms schoolmaster : singular schoolmaster plural schoolmasters old fashioned a man who teaches in a school …
8Schoolmaster — A schoolmaster, or simply master, once referred to a male school teacher. This usage survives in British public schools, but is generally obsolete elsewhere. whereThe teacher in charge of a school is the headmaster. This again survives in public… …
9schoolmaster — 1. noun The person in charge of a school. See Also: schoolmistress, headmaster, headmistress 2. verb To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster …
10schoolmaster — [[t]sku͟ːlmɑːstə(r), mæst [/t]] schoolmasters N COUNT A schoolmaster is a man who teaches children in a school. [OLD FASHIONED] …
