Definition of SCHOOLMASTER

schoolmaster

Plural: schoolmasters

Noun

  • presiding officer of a school
  • any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
  • food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
  • A male teacher.
  • 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.

Examples

  • The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

headmaster, Lutjanus apodus, master

Scrabble Score: 19

schoolmaster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
schoolmaster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
schoolmaster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

schoolmaster: valid Words With Friends Word