headmaster

noun head·mas·ter \ ˈhed-ˌma-stər , -ˈma- \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Definition of headmaster

: a man heading the staff of a private school : principal

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headmasterly

play \ˈhed-ˌma-stər-lē, -ˈma-\ adjective

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headmastership

play \ˈhed-ˌma-stər-ˌship, -ˈma-\ noun

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The day of the shooting, it was reported that Harrison had allegedly threatened to smack a female student and pushed her, for which the headmaster of the school decided to fire him two days later.

— eli rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, "Jury convicts Boston high school dean who led secret life, shot student in the head," 1 June 2018
Start with a three-part quiz: Which British royal was sent to a hellish boarding school in Scotland, with instructions from his father to the headmaster that the boy’s life be made as tough as possible?

— tunku varadarajan, WSJ, "‘The Duchess’ Review: How to Survive a Royal Romance," 17 May 2018
By her side was Ryan Phillippe’s Sebastian Valmont, who — responding to a bet from Kathryn — sets out to deflower the new headmaster’s virginal daughter Annette (Reese Witherspoon) before the start of term.

— alexia fernandez, PEOPLE.com, "Sarah Michelle Gellar Is Shocked to Find Out Cruel Intentions Has Been Listed as a Family Movie," 13 Feb. 2018
In August 1976, the headmaster of Yambuku Mission School in Équateur province arrived at the Catholic mission's outpatient clinic, run by Belgian nuns, with chills and fever.

— david mckenzie, CNN, "Fear and failure: How Ebola sparked a global health revolution," 26 May 2018
The only decent thing the headmaster, who had no sound projector, did was to show us (silent) films every third Sunday.

— jessica zack, SFChronicle.com, "‘Indiana Jones of the cinema world’ coming to SF Silent Film Fest," 23 May 2018
Bryan was headmaster or head of the Nichols School's upper school from 1982 to 2013.

— evan macdonald, cleveland.com, "University School headmaster resigns after report alleges failure to investigate improper relationships at old school," 25 Jan. 2018
Saturday is topped by Dirtybird headmaster Claude VonStroke, while Sunday features a rare back-to-back set between Loco Dice and the Martinez Brothers, both of whom have been known to play for insane amounts of hours on end.

— kat bein, Billboard, "Claude VonStroke, Loco Dice B2B Martinez Bros & Wu-Tang To Headline Movement Festival 2018," 24 Jan. 2018
In a letter dated March 27, Chang told the West Roxbury Academy community that its longtime headmaster, Rudolph Weekes, was being placed on leave immediately.

— BostonGlobe.com, "New England news in brief," 6 Apr. 2018

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