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surmaster|ˈsɜːˌmɑːstə(r)|
[f. sur- = super- 6 a + master n.1]
The title of the second master at St. Paul's School, London.
c1512Colet in Archaeologia LXII. 230 Twoo techers perpetuall oon callid the Maister, and that other callid the Ussher or surmaister. 1744Gen. Even. Post No. 1658, Mr. Thickness, Chaplain of St. Pauls School was chosen Sur-Master of the said School. 1886Athenæum 17 Apr. 521/2 The Rev. J. H. Lupton, sur-master of St. Paul's School. 1889Pauline VIII. 8 The Surmaster, on behalf of his colleagues and the school, accepted the gift. |