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preceptor

[ pri-sep-ter, pree-sep- ]

noun

  1. an instructor; teacher; tutor.
  2. the head of a school.
  3. the head of a preceptory.


preceptor

/ prɪˈsɛptə; ˌpriːsɛpˈtɔːrɪəl /

noun

  1. a practising physician giving practical training to a medical student
  2. the head of a preceptory
  3. rare.
    a tutor or instructor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • preceptorial, adjective
  • preˈceptress, noun:feminine
  • preˈceptorate, noun
  • preˈceptorˌship, noun
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Other Words From

  • pre·cep·tor·ate [pri-, sep, -ter-it], noun
  • pre·cep·to·ri·al [pree-sep-, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], pre·cepto·ral adjective
  • precep·tori·al·ly adverb
  • pre·ceptor·ship noun
  • subpre·ceptor noun
  • subpre·cepto·ral adjective
  • subpre·ceptor·ate noun
  • subpre·cep·tori·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of preceptor1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word praeceptor. See precept, -tor
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Example Sentences

He did not retain this post long; six months thereafter he became a preceptor at Paris.

The child's literary education was directed by Burnet, with the title of Preceptor.

Edward was asked to name the preceptor who had so ably supplemented the course of the royal education.

Becoming the preceptor of two young sons of Count Porro, I was to them as a father, and their father acted like a brother to me.

Then the preceptor saw no more, save a wider, deeper bubbling in the spot where he had discovered the body.

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