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headmaster

noun

Definition of headmaster

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmaster Memphis University School has appointed a new headmaster, the school announced in a May 8 press release. — Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 8 May 2026 Overprivileged students had a tendency to see teachers and headmasters not as authority figures but as people of lower social standing. — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 Taran Chun, former headmaster at a large private school system in Hawai’i, did not list at least three years of public school classroom experience or equivalent instructional experience. — Austin Horn june 25, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 John Lithgow plays Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore, with Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Professor Snape, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for headmaster

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Noun

One thing teachers seem to agree on is a return to pen and paper.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
That proposal drew opposition from unions and associations representing teachers and school employees.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of teacher

Noun

The struggle inspired a young Newcastle schoolmaster named Thomas Spence to develop the world’s first basic income proposal.

— Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.

— Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

Definition of schoolmaster

Noun

There was only one doctor left in the country who could do it, neurosurgeon Volodymyr Smolanka, acting rector of Uzhhorod National University.

— Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
The Rectory As the name suggests, The Rectory was originally home to the rector of nearby All Saints’ Church and his 14 children.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026

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The Robichaux Academy was a pivotal location in the series and an all-girls boarding school for witchcraft, with Paulson’s character serving as the headmistress.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda.

— Brian Bennett, Time, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of headmistress

Noun

Washington's Pilates instructor, Erika Bloom, helped the actress turn the pages of her binder — which, by the looks of the vibrant cover, appeared to contain her lines for The Whoopi Monologues.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Their lives gradually shift after meeting No Yeong-ju, an optimistic singing instructor played by Im Ji-eun, whose positive outlook encourages both women to confront their past.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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Love and empathy Dog School started in 2009, when former schoolteacher Adrienne Olivier was volunteering at a local animal shelter and conducting outreach activities in schools and other community spaces.

— Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
Fitzpatrick’s father worked at Gary Works, and her mother was a schoolteacher.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

The initiative provides training and support for educators, requires screening for dyslexia and other learning disabilities and mandates kindergarten attendance.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
For students, educators, business leaders, and policymakers, the question is no longer whether AI will change work.

— C.M. Rubin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of educator

Noun

The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.

— News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026

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