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preceptor.

A teacher or tutor.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/UK/ˈpɹiˌsɛp.tɚ/General-American/pɹɪˈsep.tə/Australia
  1. A teacher or tutor.

  2. The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.

    historical
  3. A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.

    US
Where this word comes from

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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