schoolmaster

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Recent Examples of schoolmaster See Episode 5, where the killer frames a schoolmaster’s murder as suicide within a locked room, the laughably lazy explanation for which wouldn’t appear out of place in a pantomime. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025 On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024 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. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023 In the original Irving tale, the character of Katrina — the young woman in Sleepy Hollow who schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and prankster Brom Bones covet as a future bride — has only a small part. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for schoolmaster
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Noun
  • Even in the United States, his student turned assistant Henry LeTang became the tap teacher to hundreds, from starlets needing tailoring to the great Gregory Hines.
    Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
  • The bill, which was supported by nurses, teachers, construction workers and service employees in Connecticut, is one of the biggest victories for organized labor in the state in recent years.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • John Lithgow co-stars as beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 10 May 2026
  • The chapter recently held an alumni meeting at the residence of the headmaster of a local private high school.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, vice rector of innovation at the University of Cagliari, has been working to help Sardinia transition to cleaner, more reliable energy.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector.
    Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Kremlin also released footage Monday of Putin driving to personally pick up one of his old schoolteachers, Vera Gurevich, from a hotel lobby with a bouquet of flowers and an enthusiastic embrace before taking her for dinner at the Kremlin.
    Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • For schoolteachers, this is worse than whiplash, because there’s a crucial difference between the American-history-is-all-bad or -all-good preferences of the left or the right.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This week, Princeton faculty voted to require instructor proctoring of all in-class exams beginning on July 1.
    Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • Timothy James Shay, 51, was sentenced to 18 to 54 years in state prison for using his position as a private piano instructor to abuse young male students from the mid-1990s through his arrest in 2025.
    Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Beth Helfrich is a Democratic state representative whose district covers northern Mecklenburg County and rode the bus to Raleigh with CMS educators Friday morning.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026
  • Hundreds of teachers are being non-reappointed due to budget cuts, creating uncertainty for educators, students, and families.
    Clinton McCracken, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026

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“Schoolmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmaster. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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