preceptor (redirected from preceptresses)

pre·cep·tor  (pr-sptr, prsptr)

n.

1. A teacher; an instructor.

2. An expert or specialist, such as a physician, who gives practical experience and training to a student, especially of medicine or nursing.

3. The head of a preceptory.

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[Middle English, from Latin praeceptor, from praecipere, to teach; see precept.]

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precep·tori·al (prsp-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.

precep·tori·al·ly adv.

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preceptor

Noun

Rare an instructor

preceptorial adj

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Noun

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preceptor - teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) don Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom instructor, teacher - a person whose occupation is teaching