preceptor

• præceptor (archaic)
• præceptour (obsolete, rare)
• preceptour (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin praeceptor, from the verb praecipiō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːˌsɛptəɹ/

preceptor (plural preceptors)

1. The headmaster or principal of a school, especially a private school.
2. A teacher or tutor.
   • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The author's apology from Mrs. Warren's Profession, page 61:

     Here I must for the present break off my arduous work of educating the Press. We shall resume our studies later on; but just now I am tired of playing the preceptor; and the eager thirst of my pupils for improvement does not console me for the slowness of their progress.

3. The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.

• preceptress
• preceptorship

• perceptor

preceptor m (plural preceptores, feminine preceptora, feminine plural preceptoras)

1. preceptor
2. teacher