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preceptor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun preceptor has 1 sense
- preceptor(n = noun.person) don - teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford); Array is a kind of instructor, teacher
Derived form noun preceptorship1
CIDE DICTIONARY
preceptor, n. [L. praeceptor, fr. praecipere to teach: cf. F. précepteur. See Precept.].
- One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor. [1913 Webster]
- The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
preceptor, n. a teacher or instructor.
Derivative
preceptorial adj. preceptorship n. preceptress n.
Etymology
L praeceptor (as PRECEPT)
ROGET THESAURUS
preceptor
Teacher
N teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don, governor, bear leader, governess, duenna, disciplinarian, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, khoja, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher, expositor, preceptor, guide, guru, mentor, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example, professorship, tutelage, professorial, qui doet discet.
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