schoolmaster
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The yarn turns on the ambitions of Ichabod Crane, an awkward local schoolmaster, who pursues Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful daughter of a prosperous farmer of Dutch descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
In Silber’s revival, the wise schoolmaster Mr. Lundie is Widow Lundie, and the town flirt Meg Brockie is a pub owner pushing middle age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
“The Mill on the Floss” contains one of George Eliot’s sharpest caricatures in the figure of the foul schoolmaster Stelling.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2021
The words were spoken with a slow patience, like a schoolmaster reciting a forgotten lesson.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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