单词 | private schoolmaster |
释义 | > as lemmasprivate schoolmaster private schoolmaster n. a personal tutor; a schoolmaster at a private school. ΚΠ 1588 W. Kempe Educ. Children sig. E4v Some heere do counsell the Father to seeke out a priuat Schoolemaister for his child. a1691 R. Baxter Reliquæ Baxterianæ (1696) 96 A Man of great sincerity and zeal, and desire to do good, and devotedness to God,..falling into the Life of a private Schoolmaster. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 69 Were I a private schoolmaster. 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies viii. 143 My private schoolmaster used to say, ‘If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.’ 1988 R. Symonds Alternative Saints (BNC) 102 He remained in Wales as a private schoolmaster until he became chaplain and tutor to the family of Lord Carbery. < as lemmas |
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