preceptor

Meaning

1. A teacher or tutor.
2. (historical) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.
3. (US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.

Synonyms

teacher

🧑‍🏫

instructor

master

mentor

guru

educator

adviser

don

tutor

lecturer

pedagogue

priest

schoolmaster

guide

professor

reader

schoolteacher

Brahman

section man

governer

spiritual guide

academic

spiritual teacher

alma mater

coach

demonstrator

disciplinarian

dominie

elder

father

👨‍👦

governess

husband

🤵

initiator

king

👑

lector

moderator

Translations

preceptor

hoca

öğretmen

🧑‍🏫

preceptor

precettore

docente universitario

praeceptor

leermeester

Preceptor

δάσκαλος

okul müdiresi

διδάσκαλος

παιδαγωγός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: preceptor

In summary

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”).