Meaning

3 senses

  1. A teacher or tutor.

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

  2. (historical)The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.

  3. (US)A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.

    Near-synonyms: mentor, professor

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Baya was a preceptor.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English preceptor, preceptur, from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”),

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”).

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Forms

plural: preceptors

Synonyms

3 synonyms
mentorB2professorB1
Close in meaning
  • teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford):don

Word family

3 related words
Relatedpreceptorship
Derivedpreceptorialpreceptress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
precedentpreceptprecinctpreciousB1
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