schoolmaster

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Silber has transformed Mr. Lundie, Brigadoon’s schoolmaster and moral guide, into Widow Lundie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The Post likened him to Ichabod Crane, the fictional schoolmaster in the Washington Irving short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Dr. Farmer began his work in the Haitian village of Cange, where he met his future wife, Didi Bertrand, the daughter of a local schoolmaster.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

Mr Fabius, with the air of a firm but respected schoolmaster, was able to encourage and cajole reluctant countries towards a historic compromise.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

Kantorek had been our schoolmaster, a stern little man in a grey tail-coat, with a face like a shrew mouse.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque