schoolmaster

/ˌskulˈmæstər/

Other forms: schoolmasters

Definitions of schoolmaster

1. noun

   any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
   type of:

   educator, pedagog, pedagogue

   someone who educates young people
2. noun

   presiding officer of a school
   synonyms: headmaster, master

   types:

   housemaster

   teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse

   type of:

   head, head teacher, principal, school principal

   the educator who has executive authority for a school
3. noun

   food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
   synonyms: Lutjanus apodus

   type of:

   snapper

   any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters