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# schoolmaster

noun (schoolmasters)

«schoolmaster» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/#m1)

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «schoolmaster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolmaster/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«schoolmaster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/schoolmaster.html) on Mova free.