headmaster

[hed-mas-ter, -mah-ster]

noun

1. the person in charge of a private school.

headmaster

/ ˌhɛdˈmɑːstə /

noun

1. Gender-neutral form: head teacher. a male principal of a school

Other Word Forms

• headmastership noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of headmaster¹

First recorded in 1570–80; head + master

Example Sentences

"We always said he was born to be a headmaster, and sure enough, he went on to teach and become head of not one but multiple schools," he wrote.

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Months after a council decided not to investigate concerns about a headmaster's "closeness to some girls", a second safeguarding issue was raised, it has emerged.

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David Morton, headmaster of The King's School in Gloucester, which charges pupils between £3,725 and £9,050 a term, says the policy is "misjudged".

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Baxter said he and fellow councillors had met the headmaster of The King's School about plans for a year of events.

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Finegan was the subject of sex assault accusations from several victims who were under his supervision as children when he worked as a parish priest in Clonduff and a headmaster in Newry.

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Related Words

• principal 
• superintendent