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headmaster Definition

head·master (hedmas′tər)

noun

in certain schools, esp. private schools for boys, the man in charge of the school; principal

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headmaster

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headmaster Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • appoint: George was appointed the headmaster of Liverpool College, a school which took over 800 pupils.
  • become: He went on to become the headmaster of the new Dulwich College Shanghai.
  • say: In such times of change, says headmaster, the Old Pharosians are guardians of the school's traditions.
  • see: Last week his mother went to see the headmaster of the local Primary School to demand action.
  • include: The teachers in the background include the headmaster, Mr Baxter, who was once Mayor of Leamington.
  • have: Getting £ 5,500, he says, would have headmasters " dancing with joy " .

Preposition: at

  • school: Aneurin Rees became the Headmaster at the new combined school.

Adjective modifier

  • deputy: Sarah is curious about the Approved School Service and quizzes the deputy headmaster, who is a progressive teacher and hell-bent on reform.
  • retired: He was 74 years of age, a retired headmaster of Deal Warden House School.
  • former: During the years of World War 1 the former headmaster of Henry VIII Grammar School was Vicar.
  • primary: I was born not far from here in Bolton, the daughter of a primary school headmaster and a primary school teacher.
  • first: The first headmaster was Charles Bryan who served from 1890 to 1905.
  • old: Your old headmaster may need a little help remembering you.

Modifies a noun

  • office: For example there were pupils on the grass outside the headmasters office.

Noun used with modifier

  • school: The school headmaster David Ingham said Jessica's classmates were stunned by the tragedy.

Possessives

  • office: Headmaster's office, boys, for six of the best.
  • house: The headmaster's house is just visible at the extreme top left of the picture.
  • study: The answerphone must be in the headmaster's study.

Possessives

  • school: In my thirty years in the School I have served under three of the school's four Headmasters - 75 % .

Preposition: of

  • school: The son of a headmaster of a Jesuit school, he was educated in Paris.

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