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German
Etymology
From Middle High German schuolemeister. By surface analysis, Schule + Meister.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schulmeister m (strong, genitive Schulmeisters, plural Schulmeister, feminine Schulmeisterin)
- (archaic) schoolmaster, teacher
- Synonym: Lehrer
1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel], Berlin: S. Fischer:Dem Rektor war es ein inniges Vergnügen gewesen, diesen von ihm geweckten, schönen Ehrgeiz zu leiten und wachsen zu sehen. Man sage nicht, Schulmeister haben kein Herz und seien verknöcherte und entseelte Pedanten!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (historical, especially) a teacher at a village school
- Synonym: Dorflehrer
- (figurative, now the main use) someone who is schoolmasterish, a pedant
- Synonyms: Pedant, Besserwisser
Declension
Declension of Schulmeister
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