schoolmaster
English
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Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SCHOOLMASTER skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + masterCategory:English compound terms#SCHOOLMASTER.
Pronunciation
Noun
schoolmaster (plural schoolmasters)Category:English lemmas#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:English nouns#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:English countable nouns#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:Pages with entries#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SCHOOLMASTER
- A male teacher.
- A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
- (figurative) Anything that teaches.
- The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.Category:English terms with usage examples#SCHOOLMASTER
- (Can we date this quote?), “June Ninth: The Day of Mental Insistence”, in The Secret Language of Birthdays, page 241:
- If death is the schoolmaster, then life is our homeworkCategory:English terms with quotations#SCHOOLMASTER
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Verb
schoolmaster (third-person singular simple present schoolmasters, present participle schoolmastering, simple past and past participle schoolmastered)Category:English lemmas#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:English verbs#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:Pages with entries#SCHOOLMASTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SCHOOLMASTER
- To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.
