schoolmaster

Etymology

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

noun

  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.

verb

  1. To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.

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