schoolmaster — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A male teacher.

2. A male teacher. A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.

3. Anything that teaches.

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.

   If death is the schoolmaster, then life is our homework

Verb

1. To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.

Noun

1. presiding officer of a school

   Synonyms

   headmastermaster

   Broader terms

   principalschool principalhead teacherheadmanadult male

2. any person (or institution) who acts as an educator

   Broader terms

   educatorpedagoguepedagog

3. food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters

   Synonyms

   Lutjanus apodus

   Broader terms

   snapper