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rector
English
Alternative forms
- rectour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin r?ctor.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???kt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???kt?/
- Hyphenation: rec?tor
Noun
rector (plural rectors, feminine rectress)
- In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
- In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
- In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
- A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
Related terms
- rectorate
- rectorial
- rectory
- rectrix
Translations
Anagrams
- Corter
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rector.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /r?k?to/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /rek?to?/
Adjective
rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectors, feminine plural rectores)
- ruling
Noun
rector m (plural rectors)
- rector
- dean
- ruler, director, head
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rector.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?k.t?r/
- Hyphenation: rec?tor
- Rhymes: -?kt?r
Noun
rector m (plural rectoren or rectors)
- rector
Descendants
- Indonesian: rektor
Latin
Etymology
reg? (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) +? -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?re?k.tor/, [?re?kt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?rek.tor/, [?r?kt??r]
Noun
r?ctor m (genitive r?ct?ris); third declension
- guide, leader
- director, ruler, master, governor
- tutor, instructor, teacher, mentor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- ? Dutch: rector
- ? Indonesian: rektor
- English: rector
- French: recteur
- German: Rektor
- Italian: rettore
- Norman: recteu (Jersey)
- ? Old Irish: rechtaire
- Irish: reachtaire
- Portuguese: reitor
- Polish: rektor
- Russian: ??????? (réktor)
- Armenian: ?????? (?ektor)
- Russian: ??????? (réktor)
- Romanian: rector
- Spanish: rector
- Swedish: rektor
References
- rector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- rector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rector.
Adjective
rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectores, feminine plural rectoras)
- governing, directing
Noun
rector m (plural rectores, feminine rectora, feminine plural rectoras)
- rector
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headteacher
English
Alternative forms
- head teacher
Etymology
head +? teacher
Noun
headteacher (plural headteachers)
- The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.
- I had to go and see the headteacher about my attitude.
Synonyms
- principal
- head
- headmaster m
- headmistress f
- school director
Hypernyms
- teacher
Translations
Further reading
- head teacher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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