Associations to the word «Preceptor»

Wiktionary

PRECEPTOR, noun. The headmaster or principal of a school, especially a private school.
PRECEPTOR, noun. A teacher or tutor.

Dictionary definition

PRECEPTOR, noun. Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.