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preceptor |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preceptor \Pre*cep"tor\, n. [L. praeceptor, fr praecipere to teach: cf F. pr['e]cepteur. See {Precept}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: preceptor n : (British) teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: {don}]
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