master
noun
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something.
undermaster
-
a word derived from
master.
Example Sentences
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Well, about the time I’m talking about, Ferguson got a new undermaster; he only kept one.
From The Herapath Property by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
He was sent to a very well-reputed school, that of the Rev. John Clarke, at Enfield: the son Charles Cowden Clarke, whom I have previously mentioned, was an undermaster, and paid particular attention to Keats.
From Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley
All we know is that some schools were taught entirely by one man, while others employed an undermaster or several.
From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
Among those who helped to carry on the services there, was a young undermaster of Stockwell Grammar School, the rev.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Annie Wood Besant
