form-master
Definition
Noun: - A teacher who is responsible for a particular class or form in a school: "form-master" refers to a teacher who has overall responsibility for a specific group of students, typically in a secondary school, overseeing their academic progress, discipline, and welfare.
Usage Examples
- (The teacher responsible for the class.)
- (The teacher in charge of the form group.)
Advanced Usage
- "to act as form-master": to serve in the role of a class supervisor.
- She acted as form-master for the final-year students, guiding them through university applications. (She took on the supervisory duties for that class.)
Variants and Related Words
- Form teacher (n): a synonym for form-master, especially in modern contexts.
- The form teacher collects attendance records each morning. (The teacher responsible for the form.)
- Form mistress (n): the female equivalent of form-master.
- The form mistress helped the students plan their school trip. (The female teacher in charge of the class.)
- Form (n): a class or group of students in a school, especially in British educational systems.
- She is in the sixth form, studying for A-levels. (A specific year group.)
Synonyms
- Class teacher: a teacher responsible for a specific class.
- Homeroom teacher: a teacher who supervises a homeroom group in some educational systems.
Related Idioms
- To be the form-master’s pet: to be a student who is especially favoured by the form-master.
- He always gets extra help because he is the form-master’s pet. (He receives preferential treatment.)
Phrasal Verbs
- Form-master over: (rare) to supervise or oversee a class group.
- She forms-masters over the junior year students. (She acts as their supervising teacher.)