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preceptour

preceptour is the obsolete form of preceptor.

Meaning of preceptor

Noun

preceptor (plural preceptors)

  1. A teacher or tutor.
    • A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor.c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin, published 1990, page 64
  2. (historical) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.
  3. (US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.
    • Near-synonyms: mentor, professor
    Synonyms:
    mentor, professor

Forms of preceptour

pluralpreceptours

Questions about preceptour

What is preceptour the obsolete form of?
Preceptour is the obsolete form of preceptor.

Words near preceptour in the dictionary

  1. preceptories
  2. preceptors
  3. preceptorship
  4. preceptorships
  5. preceptory
  6. preceptour
  7. preceptours
  8. preceptress
  9. preceptresses
  10. precepts
  11. preceptual

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preceptour (page history and authors); preceptor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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