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ˈunderˌmaster
[under-1 6 a. Cf. MDu. and Du. ondermeester, MLG. undermêster, MHG. undermeister.]
1. A subordinate instructor; esp. in schools, a master or teacher below the head-master.
By Wyclif used to render L. pædagogus.
1388Wyclif Gal. iii. 24 And so the lawe was oure vndir⁓maister in Crist. Ibid. 25 Aftir that bileue cam, we ben not now vndur the vndurmaistir. 1561in H. B. Wilson Hist. Merchant Taylors' Sch. (1814) 14 The high maister..shall say to the ussher,..I have chosen you to be the chief ussher or under maister of this schoole. 1598Florio, Sottomaestro, an vnder master, an vsher of a schoole. 1709Ir. Act 8 Anne c. 3 §16 Several protestant school-masters..do entertain such persons..to be ushers, under-masters, or assistants. 1784Johnson 13 June in Boswell, They were written by one Lewis, who was either under-master or an usher of Westminster-school. 1862Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. i. iv, [He] was earning his own living as an under-master in a school. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 250 Masters and under-masters of choruses.
2. A subordinate director or supervisor. rare.
1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2322/3 The Under-Master of the Horse. 1703Ibid. No. 3914/4 The Earl of Marr served as Carver,..and Sir William Enstruther, Baronet, as under Master Houshold. |