Meaning

3 senses

  1. A male teacher.

    Schulmeister

  2. A male teacher.

    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.

More definitions
  • food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
  • any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
  • presiding officer of a school

Examples

4 sentences

  1. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

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  2. Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are heavy.

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  3. I'm a schoolmaster.

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  4. I promis'd to inquire carefully About a schoolmaster for the fair Bianca.

    deIch habe versprochen, eine Lehrerin für die schöne Bianca mit größter Sorgfalt auszuwählen.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
male teacher:

Origin

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

From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master. Cognate with West Frisian skoalmaster (“schoolmaster”), Dutch schoolmeester (“schoolmaster”), Low German Schoolmeester, Schoolmeister (“schoolmaster”), German Schulmeister (“schoolmaster”).

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Forms

plural: schoolmasters
Singularschoolmaster
Pluralschoolmasters

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelatedheadmistressC2schoolmistressheadmaster
Derivedschoolmasterishschoolmasterly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
schoolerschoolgirlB2schoolhouseschoolmateB1schoolteacherB1schoolworkA2schoolyard
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