Housemaster

"His authority did not depend on bullying," recalls his housemaster, Rockwell. ❋ Unknown (2007)

(Though years later, reading the autobiography, Abu suddenly recalled his housemaster Mr. Wilson ...). ❋ Sharon Bakar (2005)

Jonathan Bailey as his sole protector and Nicholas Farrell as his clerical housemaster provide exemplary support in a play that stirs disquieting memories of adolescent angst. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It is staffed by "guardians" who have the quasi-parental function of the boarding school housemaster or mistress: these worthies bear the knowledge of their charges' fate as best they can. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It acts more like a housemaster in a progressive borstal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“Congratulations to you all, Butterflies, for you have this term risen from bottom place to second, and you were very nearly top,” declares Duckworth Butterfly housemaster Mr. Valentine Corrado in the December 1927 issue, adding grandly, as if reflecting on the outcome of a military battle, “to the very end it was uncertain whether you or the Duckworth Grasshoppers would triumph.” ❋ Donald Sturrock (2010)

On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” ❋ Donald Sturrock (2010)

In a panic, Roald went to his housemaster for advice. ❋ Donald Sturrock (2010)

It also contained living quarters for the housemaster, J. S. Jenkyns, and his family. ❋ Donald Sturrock (2010)

As we entered Mogg House (Gordon Clifton-Mogg, housemaster), the weight of the nineteenth century settled around my shoulders like a shroud. ❋ Unknown (2008)

How I was thrown back to Speech Day at St Custards, the grassy stink of the marquee on the Ist XI cricket pitch, the wind rippling the canvas and my housemaster trying to interfere with me. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

My father shook hands with our welcoming committee as if he, not I, were matriculating, and a few moments of chat with headmaster and housemaster ensued. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I was now twenty-nine, but, at times like this, I felt I was a schoolboy again, receiving an admonition from the housemaster for an offence whose nature I did not fully comprehend. ❋ Gyles Brandreth (2009)

Following their midnight soiree, the seven pupils sneak back into their tower only to be met by housemaster Maurice Tyson lying in a bloody mess with his throat cut. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nor was I sure some years later when my prep-school housemaster, an English teacher, read it to us seniors over a series of nights. ❋ Unknown (2009)