单词 | writing school master |
释义 | writing school mastern. Now historical and rare. A male teacher of or instructor in writing or handwriting; (later esp.) a schoolmaster or teacher at a writing school. Cf. writing school n. 1 and writing master n. 1.In early use also as the title of books providing instruction in writing (see quot. 1590). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > study or science of written symbols > [noun] > teacher of calligraphy writing master1582 writing school master1590 scrivener1608 scribe1696 1590 P. Bales (title) The writing schoolemaster: conteining three bookes in one;..teaching swift.., true.., faire writing. 1612 H. Peacham Graphice i. iv. 16 Scriueners and writing Schoolemasters in the countrey that teach to write, haue diuers small pensils of broome. 1763 W. Massey Origin & Progress Lett. ii. 135 All writing school-masters must acknowledge the utility of such a book [i.e. an alphabetical collection of divine, moral, and historical sentences]. 1803 W. Bentley Diary 24 Apr. (1911) III. 20 The grammar school master of Salem..has accepted to be Clerk of an English Church & has supplanted an honest mechanic, a writing School Master, & Brother of Dr. Maxey. 1973 S. K. Schultz Culture Factory iii. v. 105 Most writing school masters were incompetent to teach any skills save those of penmanship and simple ciphering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1590 |
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