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HEADMASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headmaster mean?
• HEADMASTER (noun)
The noun HEADMASTER has 1 sense:
1. presiding officer of a school
Familiarity information: HEADMASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Presiding officer of a school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
headmaster; master; schoolmaster
Hypernyms ("headmaster" is a kind of...):
head; head teacher; principal; school principal (the educator who has executive authority for a school)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headmaster"):
housemaster (teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse)
Derivation:
headmastership (the position of headmaster)
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