单词 | headmaster |
释义 | headmastern. 1. A principal or chief master (in various senses).In early use esp. with reference to Christ or the Devil as a supreme ruler or overlord. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief headeOE headmanOE headsmanOE masterlinga1200 dukec1275 chevetaine1297 chief1297 headlingc1300 principalc1325 captainc1380 primatec1384 chieftainc1400 master-man1424 principate1483 grand captain1531 headmaster?1545 knap of the casec1555 capitano1594 muqaddam1598 mudaliyar1662 reis1677 sachem1684 doge1705 prytanis1790 gam1827 main guy1882 oga1917 ras1935 ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches sig. E.viiv The Dragon or..the deuyll, the head master of pryde and father of lyes. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. liiiv With these and other wayes.., did oure head maister Iesus, suffer himselfe to be tempted of Satan. 1590 H. Holland Treat. against Witchcraft ii. sig. E2 The Iudges can not apprehende the head master of this euill, the flying serpent? 1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. F4v A message, that such a knight hath sent for the Head-maister of these Ranck-riders. 1656 J. Lilburne Resurrection 10 Christ, the true Lord of the soul, and the true Head-Master, and King of that heavenly spiritual kingdome. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 345 They would..be remov'd into the Press-Yard, having given Money to the Head-Master of the Prison. 1750 J. Campbell Exact & Authentic Acct. Greatest White-Herring-Fishery 15 I lodged once in a Bower, or Farmer's-house, where the Head Master was upwards of an Hundred. 1821 R. Carlile Char. of Priest 6 The Priests know their Hell is not a place of actual existence, but a bugbear, and the Devil, the head master, is invented. 1850 M. Stuart Comm. Bk. Daniel 11 The care of the young Hebrews, in respect to nutriment, was assigned by Ashpenaz, the head master of the king's household, appropriately to the steward. 1979 A. Gray Unlikely Stories, Mostly (1983) 111 The headmaster of waterworks wore a silver drainpipe round his leg, the headmaster of civil peace held a ceremonial bludgeon. 2007 R. M. Thomas Manitou & God iii. 37 In contrast to benevolent deities and tricksters are Amerindian religions' truly evil spirits... For the Sioux, the headmaster of deviltry is Iya. 2. Chiefly British. (The title of) a man who is the head teacher of a school. Cf. headmistress n. 2, headteacher n.Originally referring to a principal schoolmaster having assistant masters in his charge, the role of headmaster now mainly involves managerial and pastoral duties.In English-speaking regions outside of Britain, principal is the usual equivalent term (see principal n. 1e). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher rector1434 provost1442 headmaster1576 regent1583 gymnasiarch1682 headmistress1730 headteacher1758 principal1827 archididascalus1844 head1889 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Ravisius in Panoplie Epist. 357 The head maister of the schole [L. gymniasiarcha] lysteneth. 1632 D. Lupton London & Countrey Carbonadoed 119 Country Vshers..are vnder the Head-maister. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Gymnasiarch The head Master of the place where Champions did exercise, also the head Master of a School. 1758 J. Brown Estimate Manners & Princ. Times II. i. 66 What a maim would those of Eton and Westminster receive, should the Head Masters desert the Duties of their Station. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 252 We were all as quiet as a school upon the entrance of the head-master. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. iii. 28 The head-master publicly complimented him. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 350/1 The Rev. T. Sheepshanks, then head-master of the Coventry Grammar School. 1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah i. 20 A discerning headmaster..had directed..her vivid imagination to the excellent school library. 1989 Empire Sept. 35/2 They rise up and rebel..against their megalomaniacal headmaster and his sociopathic staff. 2000 J. Archer To cut Long Story Short (2001) 386 The headmaster told him that his son had been caught smoking marijuana. Derivatives(In sense 2). headˈmasterdom n. rare the world of headmasters; the state or condition of being a headmaster. ΚΠ 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 2/2 The successful removal of Uppingham to Borth by Mr. Thring was always regarded as one of the greatest triumphs in the annals of headmasterdom. 1960 Times Educ. Suppl. 15 Jan. 79/1 Prisoners of conservative headmasterdom and..dons ignorant and uninterested in educational matters. headˈmastership n. the position or role of headmaster. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher > position of provostrya1450 rectorship1582 headship1592 provostship1623 headmastership1715 scholarchate1908 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 37 John Ritwise, or Rightwyse,..succeeded his Father in Law, William Lilye, in the Head Master-ship of St. Paul's School. 1827 T. Arnold Let. 21 Oct. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1890) ii. 48 Wishing to procure for me the head-mastership at Rugby. 1942 M. Tippett Sel. Lett. (2005) 90 David gives up his headmastership to go into the ‘thick of war’. 2003 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 31/2 Hallward was offered the headmastership of Clifton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). headmasterv. Chiefly British. transitive. To teach or govern as a headmaster. Also figurative: to treat (a person) as a headmaster might treat his pupils. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > systematic or formal teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach as schoolmaster pedagogue1689 headmaster1869 1869 H. Kingsley Stretton xxxvi. 166/1 I shall be head-mastered till I am dead, I believe. I wish he would let me off with lines. 1892 All Year Round 20 Aug. 177/1 The grammar school..efficiently head-mastered by the Rev. J. Ebden. 1907 Windsor Mag. 25 277/1 After three years at Cheltenham he headmastered Leamington. 1940 J. H. Jagger Eng. in Future vi. 73 No novelist has headmastered his countrymen as frequently as Mr. H. G. Wells. 1959 R. Fuller Ruined Boys 154 The school..so brilliantly headmastered. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Oct. 26 Latterly, I've noted them taking early retirement from headmastering comprehensive schools. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1545v.1869 |
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