"preceptor" meaning in English

See preceptor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/ [UK], /ˈpɹiˌsɛp.tɚ/ [General-American], /pɹɪˈsep.tə/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preceptor.wav [Southern-England] Forms: preceptors [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|preceptor}} Middle English preceptor, {{m|enm|preceptur}} preceptur, {{der|en|la|praeceptor||commander; instructor}} Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), {{m|la|praecipiō}} praecipiō, {{m|la|-or||-er: forming agent nouns}} -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), {{m|la|prae-||pre-, fore-: before}} prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”), {{m|la|capiō||to take; to get, to take in, to understand}} capiō (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} preceptor (plural preceptors)
  1. A teacher or tutor.
    Sense id: en-preceptor-en-noun-nGnstm4Z
  2. (historical) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-preceptor-en-noun-53iLXTNk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 63 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 61 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 10 59 31
  3. (medicine, chiefly US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. Tags: US Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-preceptor-en-noun-6-wJ8lkX Categories (other): American English Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præceptor [archaic], præceptour [obsolete, rare], preceptour [obsolete] Derived forms: preceptress, preceptorship

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Download JSON data for preceptor meaning in English (4.7kB)

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