preceptor

/ˌpriˈsɛptər/
/ˈprisɛptə/
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Other forms: preceptors

Definitions of preceptor
  1. noun
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
    synonyms: don
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    type of:
    instructor, teacher
    a person whose occupation is teaching
  2. noun
    a doctor giving clinical training to a medical student
  3. noun
    the head of a community in the Knights Templar
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