preceptor
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tər, ˈpri noun
1.
an instructor; teacher; tutor.
2.
the head of a school.
3.
the head of a preceptory.
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World English Dictionary
preceptor (prɪˈsɛptə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (US) a practising physician giving practical training to a medical student |
| 2. | the head of a preceptory |
| 3. | rare a tutor or instructor |
| pre'ceptorate | |
| —n | |
| preceptorial | |
| —adj | |
| pre'ceptoral | |
| —adj | |
| pre'ceptorship | |
| —n | |
| pre'ceptress | |
| —fem n | |
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Medical Dictionary
preceptor pre·cep·tor (prĭ-sěp'tər, prē'sěp'tər)
n.
An expert or a specialist, such as a physician, who gives practical experience and training to a student, especially of medicine or nursing.
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Example sentences
They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality, some different republic, some liberated republic.
Such was his application to his grammar studies, and so happy his genius, as to spare his preceptor much pains in his education.
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