schoolmaster

Speech parts

1. schoolmaster - Noun

2. schoolmaster - Verb

Meaning

The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.

One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

master headmaster Lutjanus apodus sir don prof ceo doctor professor maestro head director coach guide lecturer
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Antonyms

attacker pupil apprentice disciple learner beginner
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Hypernyms

head snapper principal educator pedagogue head teacher

Hyponyms

housemaster

Phrases with the word

the schoolmaster is abroad

Examples

After learning the purpose of Spotty Powder, the humourless, smug Miranda Piker and her equally humourless father (a schoolmaster) are enraged and disappear into the Spotty Powder room to sabotage the machine. Source: Internet

Bruckner's grandfather was appointed schoolmaster in Ansfelden in 1776; this position was inherited by Bruckner's father, Anton Bruckner senior, in 1823. Source: Internet

Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 94. Because of his close relationship with his schoolmaster, Eusebius was sometimes called Eusebius Pamphili: "Eusebius, son of Pamphilus". Source: Internet

As a schoolmaster, he had published a considerable number of pedagogic and philological programs. Source: Internet

He returned to Maryville in 1812, and at age 19 was hired for a term as schoolmaster of a one-room schoolhouse in Blount County between his town and Knoxville. Source: Internet

He was mainly remembered as being an incompetent schoolmaster unable to keep order in class. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

schoolmarmishly schoolmarmishness schoolmarmy schoolmasterhood schoolmastering schoolmasterish