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In the tiny community of Baile Beag, lessons bend to the hedge teacher’s whim—and, in this case, the white-bearded schoolmaster Hugh (Seán McGinley) loves the classics.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
Set in a deteriorating boys school, the ghostly French thriller centers on the wife of a domineering schoolmaster (Paul Meurisse) whose continual abuse eventually inspires his wife (Clouzot) and mistress (Signoret) to join forces and plot his murder.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
But as an older man, a schoolmaster, Kennedy Manyika was wary of his children taking too much interest in music.
—Andrew Holter, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023
Her mother was born the daughter of a Methodist schoolmaster but was orphaned and taken in by a Muslim man who prayed five times a day.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 June 2023
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
Set in a deteriorating boys school, the ghostly French thriller centers on the wife of a domineering schoolmaster (Paul Meurisse) whose continual abuse eventually inspires his wife (Clouzot) and mistress (Signoret) to join forces and plot his murder.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
But as an older man, a schoolmaster, Kennedy Manyika was wary of his children taking too much interest in music.
—Andrew Holter, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023
Her mother was born the daughter of a Methodist schoolmaster but was orphaned and taken in by a Muslim man who prayed five times a day.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmaster
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She was also backed by the Liberty & Justice for Kentucky PAC, with a nearly $500,000 campaign contribution that included $200,000 from the Jefferson County teachers' union's PAC.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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The actor played a suburban high school teacher named Bob Adams.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore will be played by John Lithgow, Janet McTeer will play Professor Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu will play Professor Severus Snape and British comedian Nick Frost will play gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Messages left with Sacred Heart Major Seminary and its current rector/president, Very Rev. Stephen Burr, were not returned.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.—
Jenny Block,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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Afro-Peruvian singer Susana initially worked as a schoolteacher, then began traveling across the Peruvian coastline with her husband, Ricardo Pereira, studying the culture.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Seventeen students from schoolteacher Justine Gandy’s third-grade class left their beds and their homes at 2:17 a.m. one night, running, arms outstretched, to a destination and a fate unknown.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Even for instructors that care about teaching, keeping student’s attention is increasingly challenging from pedagogues at elementary schools to graduate school professors at elite universities as students show up distracted and on their phones.—
Sergei Revzin,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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They are attracted to personalities that feel to them more like friends than pedagogues.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Laptops and tablets create barriers between you and the instructor.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The theater instructors asked campers to make themselves into shapes: A circle, a square, an exclamation point.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2024
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Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.—
Duane Byrge,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2024
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Johnson has worked as an educator for nearly 30 years, and has been employed by District U-46 for her entire career.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Hilton also wants to implement a letter grade system for schools and reform teacher tenure, which gives educators stronger job protections and is typically granted after two school years.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Schoolmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmaster. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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