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Definition of Schoolmasters
1. schoolmaster [n] - See also: schoolmaster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolmasters
Literary usage of Schoolmasters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Higher Schools & Universities in Germany by Matthew Arnold (1882)
"Examination for Schoolmasters—Its History—Present Plan of Examination for
Schoolmasters—Normal Seminaries for Schoolmasters—Probation and Practising Lessons ..."
2. Schools and Universities on the Continent by Matthew Arnold (1868)
"THE PRUSSIAN Schoolmasters; THEIR TRAINING, EXAMINATION, APPOINTMENT, AND PAYMENT.
... for schoolmasters (Priifung der Candida-ten des hoheren Schul- amts), ..."
3. Schools and Universities on the Continent by Matthew Arnold (1868)
"THE PRUSSIAN Schoolmasters; THEIR TRAILING, EXAMINATION, APPOINTMENT, AND PAYMENT.
... for schoolmasters (Priifung der Candidaten des hoheren Schul- amts), ..."
4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1858)
"Let it be observed then, that most of our village schoolmasters are furnished by
the schools themselves, and were the standard once raised, ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"And as husbandmen are wont to set forks to prop up feeble plants, so do honest
schoolmasters prop up youth by careful instructions and admonitions, ..."
6. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"And as husbandmen are wont to set forks to prop up feeble plants, so dc honest
schoolmasters prop up youth by careful instructions and admonitions, ..."
7. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"5) The following statute of 1580 carried the matter of penalizing non-conforming
schoolmasters still further, and shows the type of penalty inflicted on ..."
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