English Explanatory Dictionary

schoolmaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Pronunciation

en-us-schoolmaster.ogg

Word forms

schoolmaster schoolmasters scholemaster schoolmastering schoolmastered

Etymology

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

Related words

schoolmistress headmaster headmistress

Derived words

schoolmasterish schoolmasterly the schoolmaster is abroad

Translations

Bulgarian: учител Bulgarian: преподавател Estonian: koolmeister Finnish: koulumestari French: maître d'école German: Schulmeister Greek: δάσκαλος Hungarian: iskolai tanár Japanese: 教諭 Japanese: 教員 Japanese: 教師 Japanese: 講師 Japanese: 教官 Sindhi: ماسْترُ Thai: อาจารย์ Welsh: meistr Welsh: meistr ysgol

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