archididascalos

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noun

A school principal.

OriginAncient Greek ἀρχιδιδάσκαλος →
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Meanings

nounarchididascalos (plural not attested)
  1. formalno pluralrareA 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

  1. Ancient Greekἀρχιδιδάσκαλος“chief teacher”
  2. Englisharchididascalos

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

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archididascalos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archididascalos

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“archididascalos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archididascalos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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