schoolkeepern.
/ˈskuːlˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈskulˌkipər/ 1. At Cambridge University: an official responsible for the administration, upkeep, etc., of the Schools (school n.1 13b). Now rare and historical.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > other officials
non-regentc1447
taxer1532
subprincipal1562
scrutator1580
Master of Glomerya1591
orator1592
schoolkeeper?c1601
curator1612
subwarden1622
outrider1664
curator1669
domus1759
taxator1831
fetcher1890
?c1601 in C. T. Oates Cambr. Univ. Libr. (1986) I. v. 119 One Schole Keper, who hath the keepeing of the common Scholes, opening and shutting up the common entrance unto them.
1704 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1703 95 School-Keeper and Yeoman Beadle, Mr. Titus Tillet.
1802 B. C. Raworth Cambr. Univ. Cal. 179 The School-keeper and Proctor's Servants receive 1s. each.
1853 Pict. Guide to Cambr. 52 The University Printer, the Library Keeper, the Under Library Keeper, and the School Keeper, are elected by the senate.
1875 Canad. Monthly & National Rev. Mar. 205/1 School-keeper denotes care-taker of the schools, or rooms appointed for the public exercises in the several faculties.
1953 Trans. Cambr. Bibliogr. Soc 1 410 John Houlden..was Schoolkeeper from about 1637–8 to about 1665–6.
1996 E. S. Leedham-Green Conc. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (2001) 89 The bonfire was delayed for twenty-four hours by the school-keeper, Titus Tillet, who insisted on sight of the warrant before surrendering the portrait.
2. A person who runs or teaches in a school. Cf. to keep school at school n.1 Phrases 1a. Now chiefly historical.In 19th cent. frequently depreciative, denoting a poor or untrained teacher.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun]
schoolmasterc1225
pedagoguea1387
pedanty1573
pedanta1586
dominiea1625
Khoja1625
schoolteachera1691
knight of the grammar1692
boy farmer1869
schoolkeeper1871
faki1872
professor1880
beak1888
schoolie1889
grade teacher1906
master teacher1931
chalk-and-talker1937
sir1955
teach1958
1694 T. Goodinge Law against Bankrupts ii. 18 One single Act, tho' it let a man into a general dealing, will not make a Bankrupt, no more than a Commission of Excise, or a School-keeper that boards Scholars.
1753 J. Besse Coll. Sufferings Quakers II. vi. 309 (margin) School-keepers to take the Oath of Allegiance.
1853 Ohio Educ. Monthly May 188 While the ‘school-keeper’ will read from his book a set of written questions, which he may require to be answered mechanically.., the Teacher regards his text book a secondary concern.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. iv. 126 God is too strong for City men and school-keepers.
1940 Music Educators Jrnl. 27 28/1 The voice of this instructor is bromidic, putting to sleep all who listen. This is the old-fashioned, school-keeper type—very uninspiring.
1997 Hist. Educ. Q. 37 469 The study documents the numbers and types of schools available to middle-class girls and presents data gathered on women schoolkeepers.
3. The caretaker of a school building.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian > caretaker of a building
office keeper1707
janitor1708
caretaker1858
schoolkeeper1874
superintendent1878
janny1912
1874 Bradford Observer 21 Sept. 3/5 When the doors did happen to be locked, they sent for the school-keeper.
1898 Daily News 10 Sept. 3/6 Making it requisite for the schoolkeepers to undertake the arduous work of carrying up the water for flushing these closets.
1926 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 838/2 This matter should not be entrusted entirely to the schoolkeeper; large education authorities should appoint illumination inspectors.
1992 Evening Standard 28 Sept. 6/3 Thousands of children will miss school in the East End as teachers, catering staff and schoolkeepers stage a one-day strike this week.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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