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The headmaster climbed onto the stage and lighted a tall brass oil lamp.
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Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Set during the winter of 1943-44, the film begins as the story of Julien Quentin, who attends a boarding school in occupied France, but changes when the headmaster, Pere Jean, introduces the class to three new students.
—Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Set during the winter of 1943-44, the film begins as the story of Julien Quentin, who attends a boarding school in occupied France, but changes when the headmaster, Pere Jean, introduces the class to three new students.
—Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headmaster. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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headmaster
noun
head·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
-ˈmas-
: a male head of a private school
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