Preceptor

//ˈpɹiˌsɛp.tɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) wordnet
  3. 3
    The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. historical
  4. 4
    A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. US

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didactabecedariandoctordoneducatorfellow

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"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”).

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knights templar

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