schoolmaster

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Noun

schoolmaster (plural schoolmasters)

1. The person in charge of a school.

Translations

the person in charge of a school

• Estonian: koolmeister (et)
• Finnish: rehtori (fi)
• Greek: δάσκαλος (el) (dáskalos) m, διευθυντής (el) (diefthyntís) m

• Luxembourgish: Schoulmeeschter (lb) m
• Manx: mainshtyr scoill (gv) m
• Turkish: müdür (tr), okul müdürü (tr)

Derived terms

• schoolmasterish
• schoolmasterly

Related terms

• schoolmistress
• headmaster / headmistress

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.