headmaster
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈhɛdˌmæs.tɚ/
- UK
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director
- Please, everyone, welcome the new headmaster of Henenlotter High!
- a school headmaster
- headmaster gives
He was the headmaster of a girls school in England.
- He was the headmaster of a girls school in England.
- So Julio is a technology teacher and the headmaster of upper secondary school.
- Yeah, by the headmaster of the school who's dead now.
- I, I, I went to speak to my son's headmaster and he started off with this whole be kind, be kind.
- We have some incredible projects planned with Shang Yi and also the headmaster of the Shaolin Temple USA.
- And at the end, the headmaster was walking out the school to have a debrief and this young kid walked out behind him and he said, Sir, can I talk to John?
- And this fellow had to come in with the headmaster and like a teachers union fellow if you like.
- And so fortunately, the headmaster suddenly said maybe he can't hear.
- Steven would be what's the headmaster from the French school who like goes on dates with Hagrid who's half giant.
- If you could turn back time when you was caught with them porno DVDs and they said right, Headmaster's office.
- And the the headmaster was saying something like, you know, raise your hand if you don't believe in the Prophet Muhammad.
Examples
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I'm Columbus Madikizela, headmaster of Bizana Elementary School.
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The virgin's father has accepted the headmaster position at our school.
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And so she went to the headmaster and said, you know, exactly that.
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But I will say that once she left, the assistant headmaster became the headmaster.
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The headmaster called from Gates this morning.
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"So, how have you been?" the headmaster asked, offering his young visitor a drink.
Fiction book (1991) -
He was the headmaster of a girls school in England.
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So Julio is a technology teacher and the headmaster of upper secondary school.
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Dwight L. Wilson is the headmaster of Friends School in Detroit, Michigan.
Academic text (2006) -
The headmaster of the school announced the new policies during the assembly.
Synonyms
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2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
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3.6
A main person in an activity who has control or responsibility
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2.5
A person who runs a school and leads the teachers
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3.9
A woman who is the head teacher of a school, often a private or girls' school
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5.5
A male teacher who is often the head of a school
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3.2
A person who leads a school and is responsible for its teachers and students
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Headmaster comes from the words head and master. Head means 'leader' and master means 'teacher' or 'someone in charge', so a headmaster is the main teacher who leads and looks after a school.