headmaster

head·mas·ter  (hdmstr)

n.

A man who is the principal of a school, usually a private school.

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headmaster or fem headmistress

Noun

the principal of a school

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

headmaster - presiding officer of a school schoolmaster, master housemaster - teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse head teacher, school principal, principal, head - the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

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headmaster or headmistress

noun principal, head, head teacher, rector

USAGE The general trend of nonsexist language is to find a term which can apply to both sexes equally, as in the use of actor to refer to both men and women. This being so, head teacher is usually preferable to the gender-specific terms headmaster and headmistress.

Translations

headmaster [hɛdˈmɑːstəʳ] n → directeur m, proviseur m

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headmaster [hɛdˈmɑːstəʳ] head n → Schulleiter m

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headmaster [hɛdˈmɑːstəʳ] n → preside m