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schoolmaster definition

school·master (sko̵̅o̅l′mas′tər, -mäs′-)

noun

  1. Old-fashioned a man who teaches in a school
  2. Chiefly Brit. a headmaster or master in a school
  3. a person or thing that disciplines or instructs
  4. a reddish-brown and orange snapper (Lutjanus apodus) with large scales, found in warm Atlantic waters

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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