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preceptor

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9 lettersPronunciation /pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/Part of speech nounSorted ceeopprrtStarts with PEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

Word origin

From Middle English preceptor, preceptur, from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), from the verb praecipiō + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”) + capiō (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Near-synonyms: mentor, professor

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