Thesaurus results for RECTOR

rector

noun

Definition of rector

as in schoolmaster

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Recent Examples of rector Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector. — Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Throughout his work, the monsignor has served numerous parishes and schools across the local archdiocese, including Our Lady’s in Scituate, Our Lady of the Assumption in Lynnfield and Saint Peter Parish in Cambridge, and became rector of the Cathedral in 2008. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for rector

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Noun

Every four years the American Society of Civil Engineers marks the nation's roads, bridges, dams and water systems the way a schoolmaster works through a stack of exam papers.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 23 July 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

Definition of schoolmaster

Noun

There, the producers were running the show and Andy was kind of like the kindly headmaster, but none of that was there now.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Though the frigid headmaster answers their questions about his wife and his own timeline without flair, his demeanor immediately puts Annie on edge.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of headmaster

Noun

Schiltz added that any aggrieved teacher can file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

— Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Police said on Sunday the gunman had previously had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year, and had watched violent content online, using social media to learn how to use a firearm.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of teacher

Noun

By 2021 only 32% had that status, and the rest were adjunct instructors or contract faculty.

— Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
At the time that the law firm's report was released, Clower's name was listed as an instructor on the website of a dance school for children and teenagers in Texas.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

In the series, Sennott plays Maia, an aspiring talent manager who must juggle various relationships, including with her college bud turned rising star Tallulah (A’zion) and her schoolteacher boyfriend Dylan (Hutcherson).

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Police set up a strike force to investigate Jones after The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported in 2023 that Jones used his position of power, first as a schoolteacher and later as a popular broadcaster, to prey on a number of young men.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

Teachers and staff from 63 Aurora Public Schools campuses used the resource, including preschool, elementary, middle and high school educators, counselors, therapists and special education staff.

— Tori Mason, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The first 50 Mental Health First Aiders are made up of first responders, educators, older adults and caregivers.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of educator

Noun

The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.

— News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of pedagogue

Noun

But outside of academic medical centers – in outpatient settings – preceptors must be recruited.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Maryland has too few nursing school educators, insufficient clinical placement sites, inadequate preceptor compensation, and no coherent statewide strategy to retain nurses in the public sector and underserved communities.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026