preceptor

Definitions

1. A teacher or tutor.
2. The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.
   historical
3. A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor.”

“We shall resume our studies later on; but just now I am tired of playing the preceptor; and the eager thirst of my pupils for improvement does not console me for the slowness of their progress⟳.”

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