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Definition of Preceptor
1. Noun. Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Instructor, Teacher
Derivative terms: Preceptorship
Definition of Preceptor
1. n. One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
Definition of Preceptor
1. Noun. The headmaster or principal of a school, especially a private school. ¹
2. Noun. A teacher or tutor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preceptor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preceptor
Literary usage of Preceptor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue by Princeton University (1908)
"EDWIN WILLIAM PAHLOW, AM, preceptor in History, Politics, and Economics.
CHARLES RUFUS MOREY, AM, preceptor in Art and Archaeology. OLIVER SAMUEL TONKS, PH. ..."
2. France Under the Regency: With a Review of the Administration of Louis XIV by James Breck Perkins (1901)
"A preceptor who taught a pious youth to be a debauchee would certainly possess
a moral character of a very low order. But often as this accusation has been ..."
3. France Under the Regency: With a Review of the Administration of Louis XIV by James Breck Perkins (1920)
"At the age of twenty-seven, he took the first step on the road which was to lead
to fortune : he was appointed under-preceptor of the king's nephew, ..."
4. Correspondence of William Pitt by William Pitt, William Stanhope Taylor, John Henry Pringle (1840)
"For his services as sub-preceptor to George the Fourth, he was made canon of that
college, and on the elevation of Dr. Bagot to a ..."
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