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Schoolmaster

The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.

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Educator 76% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Pedagog 76% connected

Pedagogue.

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Pedagogue 76% connected

A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Principal 76% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

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Snapper 76% connected

One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

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Mastership 74% connected

The state or office of a master.

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Mastership 74% connected

The state or office of a master.

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Master 92% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Academy noun · 78% connection

a school for special training

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Assimilator noun · 78% connection

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

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Classroom noun · 78% connection

a room in a school where lessons take place

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College noun · 78% connection

an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

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Head teacher noun · 78% connection

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

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Institution noun · 78% connection

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

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Learner noun · 78% connection

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

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Pupil noun · 78% connection

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

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Scholar noun · 78% connection

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

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School noun · 78% connection

an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

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School principal noun · 78% connection

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

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School-age child noun · 78% connection

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

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Schoolchild noun · 78% connection

a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

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Archeus noun · 78% connection

The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the ani…

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Aulic noun · 78% connection

The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the cha…

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Bull noun · 78% connection

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Calliope noun · 78% connection

The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

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Camerlingo noun · 78% connection

The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

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Chief justice noun · 78% connection

the judge who presides over a supreme court

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Clinic noun · 78% connection

A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in th…

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Croupier noun · 78% connection

One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

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Dame noun · 78% connection

The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

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Doctrine noun · 78% connection

That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or th…

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Gymnasium noun · 78% connection

A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of…

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Horse noun · 78% connection

The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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Male verb · 78% connection

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

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Moderator noun · 78% connection

The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.

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Montem noun · 78% connection

A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the…

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Partnership noun · 78% connection

a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal; "effective lan…

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Preceptor noun · 78% connection

One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.

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Preceptress noun · 78% connection

A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

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