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headmaster

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head·mas·ter  (hdmstr)
n.
A man who is the principal of a school, usually a private school.

headmaster [ˌhɛdˈmɑːstə]
n
(Social Science / Education) a male principal of a school
headmastership  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.headmasterheadmaster - presiding officer of a school        
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"
Translations
headmaster [ˈhedˈmɑːstəʳ] Ndirector m (de colegio)
headmaster [ˌhɛdˈmɑːstər] n [school] → directeur m, proviseur m
headmaster [ˌhɛdˈmɑːstəʳ] n (of primary school) → direttore m; (of secondary school) → preside m
headmaster [ˌhɛdˈmɑːstəʳ] n (of primary school) → direttore m; (of secondary school) → preside m


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It was united by long tradition to the Cathedral: its headmaster was an honorary Canon, and a past headmaster was the Archdeacon.
This, I recognize, is from the headmaster, and the headmaster's an awful bore.
It was written by Nicholas Udall, headmaster first of Eton and then of Westminster, for the boys of one or other school.
 
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