schoolmaster
noun
school·mas·ter
ˈskül-ˌma-stər 
1
: a man who teaches school
2
: one that disciplines or directs
3
: a reddish-brown edible snapper (Lutjanus apodus) of the tropical Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
schoolmasterly
adjective
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In Silber’s revival, the wise schoolmaster Mr. Lundie is Widow Lundie, and the town flirt Meg Brockie is a pub owner pushing middle age.
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2026
The struggle inspired a young Newcastle schoolmaster named Thomas Spence to develop the world’s first basic income proposal.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.
—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
English schoolmaster Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) and his brother, the writer Francis George Fowler (1871-1918), devoted their lives to encouraging us to write more clearly and directly.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2026
The struggle inspired a young Newcastle schoolmaster named Thomas Spence to develop the world’s first basic income proposal.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.
—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
English schoolmaster Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) and his brother, the writer Francis George Fowler (1871-1918), devoted their lives to encouraging us to write more clearly and directly.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
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schoolmaster
noun
school·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər
: a man who teaches school
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