schoolmaster

Pronunciation: /ˈskulˌmæstəɹ/

The English word “schoolmaster” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.

Etymology

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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