The headmaster will present the winners with their prize.
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Headmaster
//ˈhɛdˌmæstɚ//
Synonyms for "headmaster" (14 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (7)
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1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُدِير noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Bulgarian
1 entries- директор noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 校長 /校长 noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Dutch
1 entries- schoolhoofd noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Finnish
2 entries- johtajaopettaja noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- rehtori noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
French
3 entries- directeur noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- principal (collège) noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- proviseur (lycée) noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
German
1 entries- Schulleiter noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Greek
1 entries- διευθυντής noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Greenlandic
2 entries- atuarfiit pisortaat noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- atuarfiup pisortaa noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Hebrew
1 entries- מְנַהֵל noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Hindi
2 entries- प्राचार्य noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- मुख्याध्यापक noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Hungarian
2 entries- igazgató noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- iskolaigazgató noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Irish
2 entries- ardmháistir noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- uachtarán noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Italian
1 entries- preside noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Japanese
1 entries- 校長 noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Korean
1 entries- 교장 noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Manx
3 entries- ard-er-ynsee noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- ard-vainshtyr noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- ard-ynseyder noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Marathi
2 entries- प्राचार्य noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- मुख्याध्यापक noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Polish
1 entries- dyrektor noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Portuguese
1 entries- diretor noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Romanian
1 entries- director noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Russian
1 entries- дире́ктор noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- director noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- ravnatelj noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- директор noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
- равнатељ noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Spanish
1 entries- director noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Swedish
1 entries- rektor noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Thai
1 entries- ครูใหญ่ noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Ukrainian
1 entries- дире́ктор noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Vietnamese
1 entries- hiệu trưởng noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Welsh
1 entries- prifathro noun (the most senior master in a school (male))
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
We like the present headmaster better than his predecessor.
Source: tatoeba (248986)
You must go and see the headmaster at once.
Source: tatoeba (2142651)
"Have your parents ever been to talk to the headmaster this year?" "No, they're never been, but they have already talked to all the teachers."
Source: tatoeba (3361942)
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