housemaster
noun
house·mas·ter
ˈhau̇s-ˌma-stər 
: a master in charge of a house in a boy's boarding school
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The rare critique with bite in these pages comes from, of all places, Boris Johnson’s Eton housemaster.
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Krithika Varagur, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2022
That is, if Crusoe had a luxurious oceanfront villa with air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, and a private plunge pool, plus a housemaster reachable by WhatsApp 24/7 to attend to any needs.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2021
The dead man’s father (Cedric Hardwicke), aunt (Constance Collier) and girlfriend (Joan Chandler) attend, along with the three men’s former prep-school housemaster, Rupert (James Stewart).
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Johnson’s housemaster, Martin Hammond, wrote in the spring of 1982, when Johnson was seventeen.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
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Krithika Varagur, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2022
That is, if Crusoe had a luxurious oceanfront villa with air-conditioning, Wi-Fi, and a private plunge pool, plus a housemaster reachable by WhatsApp 24/7 to attend to any needs.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2021
The dead man’s father (Cedric Hardwicke), aunt (Constance Collier) and girlfriend (Joan Chandler) attend, along with the three men’s former prep-school housemaster, Rupert (James Stewart).
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Johnson’s housemaster, Martin Hammond, wrote in the spring of 1982, when Johnson was seventeen.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
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“Housemaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housemaster. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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