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Meanings of headmaster in English

Portuguese
reitor
Catalan
director d'escola
Spanish
director

Presiding officer of a school.

reitor

Person who is in charge of and runs a school.

Usage of headmaster in English
1
His father was a school headmaster in the northern state of Kedah.
Reuters
2
He expressed his opinion of the headmaster freely and in well-chosen words.
Mike
3
The old headmaster dried his eyes; he had not expected this toast.
Eve and David
4
And yet, James felt sure, the headmaster was not running from them.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
5
Langlands spent 25 years there as a teacher and later a headmaster.
The Irish Times
6
I think John would have become a senior consultant or a headmaster.
The Guardian
7
The headmaster stood up and rapped on his table with a knife.
Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches
8
James felt small in front of the portrait of the former headmaster.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
9
And honestly, the fights hadn't been as bad as the headmaster said.
The Lightning Thief
10
It invited people to email the headmaster of Auckland Grammar, Tim O'Connor.
Radio NZ
11
The headmaster and Singer, who sometimes scrimmages with the team, both watch.
The new yorker
12
He has rosy cheeks, spectacles, and the air of a civilised headmaster.
The Guardian
13
They would never have rung up the headmaster, or anything like that.
The Guardian
14
What would the headmaster say who had confided him to my care?
The Four Faces: A Mystery
15
He made a stern face, like a headmaster addressing an unruly class.
Blood harvest
16
Her father was a headmaster and her mom a domestic science teacher.
The South African
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Translations for headmaster
Portuguese
reitor
Headmaster through the time
Headmaster across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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