schoolmaster

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PronunciationEdit

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EtymologyEdit

school +‎ master

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• schoolmasterish
• schoolmasterly

Related termsEdit

• schoolmistress
• headmaster / headmistress

TranslationsEdit

male teacher

• Finnish: koulumestari

• Greek: δάσκαλος (el) m (dáskalos)

male teacher in charge of a small school

• Finnish: johtajaopettaja

• Greek: διευθυντής σχολείου m (diefthyntís scholeíou)

anything that teaches

• Finnish: opettaja (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} koolmeister
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} δάσκαλος (el) m (dáskalos), ^{(please verify)} διευθυντής (el) m (diefthyntís)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} skolestro (io)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} preside (it) m, f

• Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Schoulmeeschter m
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} mainshtyr scoill m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} müdür (tr), ^{(please verify)} okul müdürü (tr)

VerbEdit

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

1. To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.