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housemaster
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In British education , a housemaster (or, less commonly, a housemistress ) is a member of staff in charge of a boarding house , normally at a boarding school (e.g., especially at a British public school ). The housemaster is responsible for the supervision ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another housemaster in describing what he would ideally like to do also set it in the context of his sense of powerlessness. ▪ Except for the head of the house, who was chosen by the housemaster , the Library elected its own ...
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n. A teacher who is in charge of a house at a boarding school
WordNet
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n. teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
housemaster \housemaster\ n. A teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse.
Usage examples of housemaster.
Kay, referred to by Skene as Spivvy and as possessing a cottage which the Dog-fanciers would have to pass on their way out from school, was the only married member of the staff who was not a Housemaster.
By seven the next morning the rice was eaten, the room as bare as if it had never been occupied, the bill of 80 sen paid, the housemaster and servants with many sayo naras, or farewells, had prostrated themselves, and we were away in the kurumas at a rapid trot.
Mr and Miss Loveday, the latter wearing her usual garments but flourishing a black-edged handkerchief and nursing a pair of unworn black kid gloves, the Second Master, whose name was Regison, Mr Reeder, the School bursar, the School secretary, Mr Sugg, and a Housemaster named Mr Poundbury who had his own reasons for being an interested party.
Sometimes they fought with swords, brilliantly but inconsequentially, until one of the uniformed Housemasters stopped the battle and made them shake hands.