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 Wordschoolmaster: 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