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Meaning of praeceptor | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[prae̯ˈkɛp.tɔr]

Definitions

  1. teacher, instructor, tutor, preceptor
  2. commander, ruler
    declension-3, masculine, post-Augustan

Equivalents

Bosanski tutor
Hrvatski tutor
Српски tutor

Examples

“Aeacidae Chīrōn, ego sum praeceptor Amōris”

Chiron was tutor to Achilles; I am tutor to Love.

“c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.13.8”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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