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#1·Apr 27, 2026
A teacher or tutor.
Origin: From , preceptur, from , from the verb praecipiō + -er: forming agent nouns, from pre-, fore-: before + to take; to get, to take in, to understand. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(medicine, chiefly, US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(historic) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.
We shall resume our studies later on; but just now I am tired of playing the preceptor; and the eager thirst of my pupils for improvement does not console me for the slowness of their progress.
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