schoolmaster

«schoolmaster» in Mova's school dictionary: a man who teaches in a school — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (schoolmasters)

meaning for a pupil

A schoolmaster is a man who teaches in a school. In old tales the schoolmaster is often a village teacher who can read and write when few others can. tree →

sense in the lessons

a grown-up teacher, often a village teacher in old stories; in the lessons, «the schoolmaster's daughter» shows a family connection to school

examples

• You are the schoolmaster's daughter. tree →
• The schoolmaster taught us to read and write. tree →
• The village schoolmaster kept his pupils working hard. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «schoolmaster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.