schoolmaster
noun (schoolmasters)
Everyday
A schoolmaster is a man who teaches in a school. In old tales the schoolmaster is often a village teacher who can read and write when few others can. tree →
In the lessons
a grown-up teacher, often a village teacher in old stories; in the lessons, «the schoolmaster's daughter» shows a family connection to school
Examples
- You are the schoolmaster's daughter. tree →
- The schoolmaster taught us to read and write. tree →
- The village schoolmaster kept his pupils working hard. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «schoolmaster» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «schoolmaster» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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