headmaster

[ hed-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈhɛdˈmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

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noun

the person in charge of a private school.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.

It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

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Origin of headmaster

First recorded in 1570–80; head + master

OTHER WORDS FROM headmaster

head·mas·ter·ship, noun

Words nearby headmaster

headline rate, headliner, headlock, headlong, headman, headmaster, headmasterly, headmistress, headmistressy, headmost, headnote

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Meanwhile, Benjamin says, the Board watched, applauded the parents, and barred the headmaster from responding.
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Unamused, the headmaster had destroyed the issue and threatened to bounce Bonzo's creator from school.
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Foote lasted for three years as headmaster and has since suffered a stroke, but told Kamil that he could remember the incident.
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Babeu served for 20 years in the National Guard and was once a headmaster of a Massachusetts school for boys.
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I shall ask the Headmaster if a special prize cannot be given to Johnstone.
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I wish the headmaster would put the place out of bounds entirely until the election is over.
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The explanatory words beneath it are attributed to Dr. Christopher Jonson, headmaster from 1560 to 1571.
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I felt like a naughty school-boy about to interview the headmaster.
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Is headmaster of a public school, and one of the editors of De Dageraad.
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British Dictionary definitions for headmaster

headmaster

/ (ˌhɛdˈmɑːstə) /

noun

a male principal of a schoolGender-neutral form: head teacher

Derived forms of headmaster

headmastership, noun

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headmaster

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noun

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