HEAD TEACHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does head teacher mean? 

• HEAD TEACHER (noun)
  The noun HEAD TEACHER has 1 sense:

1. the educator who has executive authority for a school

  Familiarity information: HEAD TEACHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAD TEACHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The educator who has executive authority for a school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

head; head teacher; principal; school principal

Context example:

she sent unruly pupils to see the principal

Hypernyms ("head teacher" is a kind of...):

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "head teacher"):

chancellor (the honorary or titular head of a university)

headmaster; master; schoolmaster (presiding officer of a school)

headmistress (a woman headmaster)