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1798 A. Barnard in Ld. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 439 Here was another civil schoolmaster, the tutor of the yonge vrow... The good meister gave us some of his private bottle of punch.

1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. II. 114 This meester..(that is; schoolmeester, or schoolmaster) considered it part of his profession..to let every person know the extent of his acquirements.

1829 C. Rose Four Years S. Afr. 254 The Meester deserves a separate notice. The tutor, who teaches the ingenuous youth of Southern Africa, is generally a discharged English soldier, and leads a kind of middle life, a connecting link between the family and the slaves.

1883 M. A. Carey-Hobson Farm in Karoo 186 The Meester's salary is paid in sheep.

1912 F. Bancroft Veldt Dwellers 60 The men were..both educated by the same worthy pedagogue—the broken-down-gentleman school-meester—speaking both the taal and English with equal fluency.

1958 R. E. Lighton Out of Strong 46 ‘It must be a good thing to be on the school committee.’ ‘Not always... It's that way if the other members and the meester are reasonable people.’

1990 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 25 Mar. 5/3 The..English girl arrives in the village like a blackboard bombshell... But she wins their respect and sparks a romance with their Meester.