Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
dancing-master is a noun meaning "a professional teacher of dancing". It carries one recorded sense.
a professional teacher of dancing
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dancing-master come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.