schoolmaster

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Recent Examples of schoolmaster In the tiny community of Baile Beag, lessons bend to the hedge teacher’s whim—and, in this case, the white-bearded schoolmaster Hugh (Seán McGinley) loves the classics. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023 Set in a deteriorating boys school, the ghostly French thriller centers on the wife of a domineering schoolmaster (Paul Meurisse) whose continual abuse eventually inspires his wife (Clouzot) and mistress (Signoret) to join forces and plot his murder. Elaina Patton, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023 But as an older man, a schoolmaster, Kennedy Manyika was wary of his children taking too much interest in music. Andrew Holter, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023 Her mother was born the daughter of a Methodist schoolmaster but was orphaned and taken in by a Muslim man who prayed five times a day. Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for schoolmaster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmaster
Noun
  • Roy Taylor, a vocational agriculture teacher, succeeded Daugherty as field manager in 1951.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
  • Often, in writing workshops, teachers will talk of character development in terms of wants.
    Katie Yee July 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.
    EW.com, EW.com, 15 July 2025
  • Deadline first reported that John Lithgow was nearing final talks for the role of Albus Dumbledore, the aloof yet powerful headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.
    Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 June 2025
  • His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Naturally, his dad (Chris Cooper) disapproves of his son's ambitions, but a kind schoolteacher (Laura Dern) encourages his passion.
    Sophie van Bastelaer, EW.com, 7 July 2025
  • Glen in Free Willy is a basically decent, not-too-eloquent guy who owns a tow truck and is married to a schoolteacher named Annie (Jayne Atkinson).
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Even for instructors that care about teaching, keeping student’s attention is increasingly challenging from pedagogues at elementary schools to graduate school professors at elite universities as students show up distracted and on their phones.
    Sergei Revzin, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • They are attracted to personalities that feel to them more like friends than pedagogues.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Learn from three expert instructors how to showcase your skills, build a stellar reputation, and create a digital presence that AI can’t replicate.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 26 July 2025
  • Align leggings, which both moms and yoga instructors wear, are even included in the sale.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The funding freeze had been challenged by several lawsuits as educators, Congress members from both parties and others called for the administration to release money schools rely on for a wide range of programs.
    Collin Binkley, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025
  • Reductions of nearly 2,000 educators and staff members in the past month have already affected Griffin’s life.
    Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025

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“Schoolmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmaster. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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