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headmastership

headmastership

1 7.4
The job of being the main teacher who runs a school
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌmæs.tər.ʃɪp/
  • UK
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  • The committee is searching for someone suitable for the headmastership after the current principal retires.

Examples

  • He was proud to accept the headmastership of the prestigious grammar school.

  • Mr. Johnson's headmastership at the school was highly regarded.

  • Her headmastership was marked by significant reforms and higher academic standards.

  • The headmastership of St. Mary's Academy was recently filled.

  • His experience in headmastership helped improve the school's academic performance.

  • After years of teaching, she finally attained the headmastership of her former school.

  • The board of education assessed his suitability for the headmastership position at the new academy.

Synonyms

headship
vsheadmastership
  • Formal
1 7.4

The position of being the leader of a group or organization

is specific to the role of leading a school rather than general leadership
principalship
vsheadmastership
1 6.9

The job of being the head of a school

is the same school leadership role but different traditional title
headmistressship
vsheadmastership
9.7

The job of being the woman in charge of a school

is the same office but for a male school leader

Antonyms

subordination
4 7.0

Being in a lower position under someone else's control

How Senior

headmastership
  • UK
1 7.4

Surface Forms

headmastership singular
headmasterships plural

Morphology

headmastership = headmaster (transparent) = head + master + ship

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ship' to 'headmaster' to denote the office or tenure; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Headmastership starts with head ('leader') and master ('teacher') and ends with -ship, which means 'position' or 'state' and appears in words like friendship and leadership. So headmastership is the position or job of being the head teacher of a school.