headmaster

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

noun

1. the person in charge of a private school.

headmaster

/ ˌhɛdˈmɑːstə /

noun

1. a male principal of a school Gender-neutral formhead teacher

Derived Forms

• ˌheadˈmasterˌship, noun

Other Words From

• headmaster·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of headmaster¹

First recorded in 1570–80; head + master

Example Sentences

The jury awarded plaintiffs Mr al-Shimari, a middle school headmaster, Mr al-Ejaili, a journalist, and Mr al-Zubae, a fruit vendor, $3m each in compensatory damages and $11m each in punitive damages.

From BBC

The MP also called for the former headmaster's pension to be pulled.

From BBC

The diaries describe meeting a Mr Akazi, a school headmaster and “self-appointed crusader of God” who had burnt some ancestral figures.

From BBC

It seems that the headmaster was persuaded to hand them over, but did not see their cultural value.

From BBC

While the story opens with a classic Almodóvar flourish — a young woman flamboyantly dressed like Marlene Dietrich saunters through a small town before stopping at a Catholic school where she forces a showdown with the headmaster — and finishes with a dramatic plot twist, the film, with its multilayered meta examination of storytelling, is far more ambitious.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• principal
• superintendent