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preceptor

/pri-sep-ter, pree-sep-/US // prɪˈsɛp tər, ˈpri sɛp- //UK // (prɪˈsɛptə) //

辅导员,导师,戒律师,戒尺

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instructor; teacher; tutor.
    • : the head of a school.
    • : the head of a preceptory.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He did not retain this post long; six months thereafter he became a preceptor at Paris.

  • The child's literary education was directed by Burnet, with the title of Preceptor.

  • Edward was asked to name the preceptor who had so ably supplemented the course of the royal education.

  • Becoming the preceptor of two young sons of Count Porro, I was to them as a father, and their father acted like a brother to me.

  • Then the preceptor saw no more, save a wider, deeper bubbling in the spot where he had discovered the body.