fagmastern.
/ˈfaɡˌmɑːstə/, /ˈfaɡˌmastə/, U.S. /ˈfæɡˌmæstər/ Now historical.
Esp. in certain British independent boarding schools for boys: a senior pupil for whom a junior pupil acts as fag (fag n.3 1b). Cf. fagger n. 1.
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society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > schoolboy > one who has fag
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1818 Examiner 31 May 339/1 Being seized by the arms and legs by two fag-masters, and flung from the door into the school.
1876 Ld. Albemarle Fifty Years of my Life I. v. 293 One day I had to take a pair of my fagmaster's shoes to ‘Cobbler Foots’ to be mended.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 483/2 One small boy, Harker minor,..was told by his fagmaster that he would be licked for ‘fighting’ as soon as he was well.
1964 Punch 13 May 724/2 Handling his fagmaster's amours.
2007 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 July 16/4 My brother at Harrow..had to spit and polish his fagmaster's football boots and warm the lavatory seat for him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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