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schoolmaster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈskulˌmæstəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master. Cognate with West Frisian skoalmaster (“schoolmaster”), Dutch schoolmeester (“schoolmaster”), Low German Schoolmeester, Schoolmeister (“schoolmaster”), German Schulmeister (“schoolmaster”).

Meanings

1. A male teacher.
2. A male teacher. ▸ A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
3. (figuratively) Anything that teaches.
   • If death is the schoolmaster, then life is our homework 1994, Gary Goldschneider, Joost Elffers, “June Ninth: The Day of Mental Insistence”, in The Secret Language of Birthdays, page 241:
   • The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.

Forms

Deriveds

the schoolmaster is abroad · schoolmasterly · schoolmasterish

Relateds

headmistress · headmaster · schoolmistress

Translations (29)

ja 先生 (male teacher in charge of a small school) · ja 教官 (male teacher) · ja 教師 (male teacher) · bg учител (anything that teaches) · bg учител (male teacher) · et koolmeister (male teacher) · fr maître d'école (male teacher) · cy meistr (male teacher) · ja 講師 (anything that teaches) · ja 講師 (male teacher) · cy meistr ysgol (male teacher) · sd ماسْترُ (male teacher) · ja 先生 (anything that teaches) · de Schulmeister (male teacher) · hu tanító (anything that teaches) · ja 教員 (anything that teaches) · ja 教諭 (male teacher) · th อาจารย์ (male teacher) · fi opettaja (anything that teaches) · hu iskolaigazgató (male teacher in charge of a small school) · ja 教員 (male teacher) · el διευθυντής (male teacher in charge of a small school) · ja 講師 (male teacher in charge of a small school) · ja 教官 (anything that teaches) · fi johtajaopettaja (male teacher in charge of a small school) · fi koulumestari (male teacher) · hu iskolai tanár (male teacher) · el δάσκαλος (male teacher) · bg преподавател (male teacher)

schoolmaster en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈskulˌmæstəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master. Cognate with West Frisian skoalmaster (“schoolmaster”), Dutch schoolmeester (“schoolmaster”), Low German Schoolmeester, Schoolmeister (“schoolmaster”), German Schulmeister (“schoolmaster”).

Meanings

1. To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.

Forms