schoolmaster
verbEtymology From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
1
To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.
schoolmaster
nounUS /ˈskulˌmæstəɹ/
Etymology From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
1
A male teacher.
2
A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
3
Figuratively Anything that teaches.
- The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.
- If death is the schoolmaster, then life is our homework1994, Gary Goldschneider, Joost Elffers, “June Ninth: The Day of Mental Insistence”, in The Secret Language of Birthdays, page 241:
- Derived terms
- schoolmasterish, schoolmasterly, the schoolmaster is abroad
- Related terms
- schoolmistress, headmaster, headmistress