headmaster

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.