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headmaster
English
Etymology
head +? master.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?d?mæst?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?d?m??st?/
- Rhymes: -æst?(?), -??st?(?)
- Hyphenation: head?mas?ter
Noun
headmaster (plural headmasters, feminine headmistress)
- (chiefly Britain) A male school principal.
Usage notes
The term is gender-specific, and refers to a male in the position. A female in the same role would be called a headmistress. In the United States, the shortened version of 'master' was used in some universities to refer to the faculty leader of a residential space regardless of gender.
Synonyms
- headteacher (UK, gender-neutral)
- principal (US, gender-neutral)
Translations
Anagrams
- headstream
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preceptor
English
Alternative forms
- præceptor (archaic)
- præceptour (obsolete, rare)
- preceptour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), from the verb praecipi? + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”) + capi? (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?i??s?pt??/
Noun
preceptor (plural preceptors)
- A teacher or tutor. [from 15th c.]
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 64:
- A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor.
- c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 64:
- The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. [from 15th c.]
- (medicine, chiefly US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- preceptress
- preceptorship
Coordinate terms
- (medical trainee supervisor): orientee
Anagrams
- perceptor
Romanian
Etymology
From French précepteur, from Latin praeceptor.
Noun
preceptor m (plural preceptori)
- private tutor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Latin praeceptor
Noun
preceptor m (plural preceptores, feminine preceptora, feminine plural preceptoras)
- preceptor
- teacher
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