headmaster
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- headmastership noun
Etymology
Origin of headmaster
Example Sentences
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Paul Cummins, headmaster of a Santa Monica elementary school called St. Augustine-by-the-Sea, was in the market for a music teacher and a colleague suggested he call a Rustic Canyon pianist named Mary Ann.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Founders’ headmaster Jason Caros rejects the allegation of “Christian nationalism” but argues that there is much to be said for those traditional values, pedagogy and curriculum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Collins, born in 1940, was raised near Liverpool by a schoolteacher mother and a headmaster father.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
The youngsters join John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, the school's key professors being played by Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall and Paapa Essiedu, as Severus Snape.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
The only adult I know who bluffs kids is Mr. Nixon, our headmaster.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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