preceptor
Americannoun
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an instructor; teacher; tutor.
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the head of a school.
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the head of a preceptory.
noun
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a practising physician giving practical training to a medical student
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the head of a preceptory
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rare a tutor or instructor
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of preceptor
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word praeceptor. See precept, -tor
Example Sentences
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Within eight years Preceptor Gauss became head of the department of Modern Languages, There he stayed until 1925 when the job of Dean of the College opened.
From Time Magazine Archive
Preceptor or Provost of Dunblane, Abbot of Inchaffray ex officio.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
In the prison of Crepelgate were detained William de Egendon, Knight, Preceptor of Schepeley; John de Moun, Knight, Preceptor of Dokesworth; and four serving brethren.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
Brother Peter de Montaigu, humble Master of the soldiers of Christ, to our vicegerent and beloved brother in Christ, Alan Marcel, Preceptor of England.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
The results of that disastrous campaign are detailed in the following letter to Brother Alan Marcel, Preceptor of England, and Master of the Temple at London.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
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