Preceptor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preceptor \Pre*cep"tor\, n. [L. praeceptor, fr. praecipere to
     teach: cf. F. pr['e]cepteur. See {Precept}.]
     1. One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the
        master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars. --Sir
        W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preceptor
       n : teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge
           or Oxford) [syn: {don}]