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archididascalos

archididascalos noun: a school principal.

Noun

archididascalos (plural not attested)

  1. (formal, no plural, rare) A school principal.
    • You have the nerve, you apirocal, you abecedarian, to compare yourself with an archididascalos and rector of a minerval school such as myself?1998, Giordano Bruno, Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic

Origin of archididascalos

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιδιδάσκαλος (arkhididáskalos, “chief teacher”), first used by Palladius of Galatia (5th century CE), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief, arch-”) + διδάσκαλος (didáskalos, “teacher”).

Questions about archididascalos

What does archididascalos mean?
Archididascalos means a school principal.
What part of speech is archididascalos?
Archididascalos is a noun.

Words near archididascalos in the dictionary

  1. archidiabolical
  2. archidiaconal
  3. archidiaconate
  4. archidiaconates
  5. archididascalian
  6. archididascalos
  7. archie
  8. Archie Bunker house
  9. Archie Bunker houses
  10. Archie Bunkeresque
  11. Archie Bunkerish

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