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rector

noun

as in schoolmaster

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Recent Examples of rector Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday. —

Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 Sophie D’Amours, rector at Université Laval, adds that the university prioritizes the wellbeing and growth of its employees in part because the hope is for employees to stay long-term and build their careers at ULaval. —

Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Ryan said Sheridan kept other board members in the dark, including the rector at the time of his departure. —

Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 24 Nov. 2025 When the university rector, church historian Karl Heussi, opposed Frick’s request, the students’ association, already dominated by National Socialist sympathizers, rebelled. —

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In Silber’s revival, the wise schoolmaster Mr. Lundie is Widow Lundie, and the town flirt Meg Brockie is a pub owner pushing middle age.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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