HEADMASTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Presiding officer of a school

Synonyms:

headmaster; master; schoolmaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("headmaster" is a kind of...):

head; head teacher; principal; school principal (the educator who has executive authority for a school)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headmaster"):

housemaster (teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse)

Derivation:

headmastership (the position of headmaster)