schoolmaster

About 1.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A male teacher. A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
2. noun A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
3. noun Anything that teaches.

   The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.

4. verb To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.

Similar words

headmaster master lutjanus apodus teacher schoolteacher professor counselor teaching maestro educator

Often followed by

and in of to at was who is had

Word family

schoolmasterish schoolmasterly schoolmasters