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# preceptor

«preceptor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a teacher or tutor who looks after a young person's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (preceptors); old use

### meaning for a pupil

A preceptor is a teacher or tutor who looks after a young person's learning, often one who lives in the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceptor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a wise teacher or guide who trains a hero before he goes out into the world

### examples

- The hero thanked his preceptor for all the lessons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceptor/#x1)
- Chiron was the preceptor of many heroes in old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceptor/#x2)
- His preceptor taught him to ride, to fight and to read the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceptor/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preceptor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceptor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.