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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/#x1)
- The schoolmaster taught us to read and write. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/#x2)
- The village schoolmaster kept his pupils working hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «schoolmaster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.