preceptor

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/(UK)
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/pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/(UK) · /ˈpɹiˌsɛp.tɚ/ · /pɹɪˈsep.tə/

Definition of preceptor

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A teacher or tutor.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. A teacher or tutor.
    “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.”
  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”

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Etymology

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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