schoolmaster
noun
- obsolete term for a male school teacher
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈskulˌmæstəɹ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
- A male teacher.
- A male teacher.
- Anything that teaches.
“The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.”
“If death is the schoolmaster, then life is our homework”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
- To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.