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schoolmastering

schoolmastering is the present participle and gerund of schoolmaster.

Meaning of schoolmaster

Verb

schoolmaster (third-person singular simple present schoolmasters, present participle schoolmastering, simple past and past participle schoolmastered)

  1. To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.

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Noun

schoolmastering (uncountable)

  1. The fact or activity of being a schoolmaster; teaching.
    • A spell of schoolmastering there did not endear him to the life of a pedagogue […].2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, page 189

Questions about schoolmastering

What does schoolmastering mean?
Schoolmastering means the fact or activity of being a schoolmaster; teaching.
What is schoolmastering the present participle and gerund of?
Schoolmastering is the present participle and gerund of schoolmaster.
What part of speech is schoolmastering?
Schoolmastering is a noun.

Words near schoolmastering in the dictionary

  1. schoolmarms
  2. schoolmarmy
  3. schoolmaster
  4. schoolmastered
  5. schoolmasterhood
  6. schoolmastering
  7. schoolmasterish
  8. schoolmasterishly
  9. schoolmasterishness
  10. schoolmasterism
  11. schoolmasterliness

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