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Webster 1913 Edition
Preceptor
1.
One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
2.
The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Preceptor
PRECEP'TOR
,Noun.
1.
In a general sense, a teacher; an instructor.2.
In a restricted sense, the teacher of a school; sometimes, the principal teacher of an academy or other seminary.Definition 2024
preceptor
preceptor
English
Alternative forms
- præceptor (archaic)
- præceptour (obsolete, rare)
- preceptour (obsolete)
Noun
preceptor (plural preceptors)
- The headmaster or principal of a school, especially a private school.
- A teacher or tutor.
- 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, page 61:
- Here I must for the present break off my arduous work of educating the Press. We shall resume our studies later on; but just now I am tired of playing the preceptor; and the eager thirst of my pupils for improvement does not console me for the slowness of their progress.
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