Preceptor
/ˈpɹiˌsɛp.tɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A teacher or tutor.
"A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor."
- 2 teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) wordnet
- 3 The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. historical
- 4 A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. US
Antonyms
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More examples"A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor."
Etymology
From Middle English preceptor, preceptur, from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), from the verb praecipiō + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”) + capiō (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”).