schoolmaster

English

Etymology

From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school +‎ master.

Pronunciation

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Noun

schoolmaster (plural schoolmasters)

1. A male teacher.
2. Male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
3. Anything that teaches.

   The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.

Derived terms

• schoolmasterish
• schoolmasterly

Related terms

• schoolmistress
• headmaster / headmistress

Translations

male teacher

• Finnish: koulumestari (fi)
• Greek: δάσκαλος (el) m (dáskalos)
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• Thai: อาจารย์ (th) (aa-jaan)

male teacher in charge of a small school

• Finnish: johtajaopettaja
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• Greek: διευθυντής (el) m (diefthyntís)

anything that teaches

• Finnish: opettaja (fi)
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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} koolmeister (et)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} skolestro (io)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} preside (it) m or f
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• Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Schoulmeeschter m
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} mainshtyr scoill m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} müdür (tr), ^{(please verify)} okul müdürü (tr)

Verb

schoolmaster (third-person singular simple present schoolmasters, present participle schoolmastering, simple past and past participle schoolmastered)

1. To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.