schoolmaster

/ˈskulˌmæstər/
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Other forms: schoolmasters

Definitions of schoolmaster
  1. noun
    any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
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    type of:
    educator, pedagog, pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
  2. noun
    presiding officer of a school
    synonyms: headmaster, master
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    types:
    housemaster
    teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
    type of:
    head, head teacher, principal, school principal
    the educator who has executive authority for a school
  3. noun
    food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
    synonyms: Lutjanus apodus
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    type of:
    snapper
    any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
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