English Dictionary

haberdasher of pronouns

名詞

廃用 俗語

(obsolete slang) schoolmaster

日本語の意味

（古い俗語で）学校の教師

When I asked about the stern haberdasher of pronouns, the villagers smiled and told stories of how he ran the school for decades.

私がその厳格な学校の先生について尋ねると、村人たちは微笑んで、彼が何十年も学校を運営していた話をしてくれた。

意味（1）

(obsolete slang) schoolmaster

When I first went to Paris, I took a French master, to perfect me in the Parisian pronunciation. This “Haberdasher of Pronouns” was a person of the name of Margot.

haberdashers of pronouns （ plural ）