01 n. The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.
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The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.“Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, -- a person less imposing, -- in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array.” — Brougham.
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One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.“The law was our schoolmaster, to bring us unto Christ.” — Gal. iii. 24.