Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preceptor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preceptor \Pre*cep"tor\, n. [L. praeceptor, fr. praecipere to
teach: cf. F. pr['e]cepteur. See {Precept}.]
1. One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the
master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
2. The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars. --Sir
W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preceptor
n : (British) teacher at a university of college (especially at
Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: {don}]
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