schoolmaster
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]schoolmaster (plural schoolmasters)
- 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]male teacher
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male teacher in charge of a small school
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anything that teaches
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Verb
[edit]schoolmaster (third-person singular simple present schoolmasters, present participle schoolmastering, simple past and past participle schoolmastered)
- To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.