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rektor.

headmaster or headmistress; headteacher (primary school; grundskola)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. headmaster or headmistress; headteacher (primary school; grundskola)

    common-gender

  2. headmaster or headmistress; principal (secondary school; gymnasieskola)

    common-gender

  3. principal; director (institutes and colleges; fackhögskola)

    common-gender

  4. rector, headmaster, schoolmaster (leader of a school or other institute of education)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin rector.

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