præceptor

A form of preceptor — A teacher or tutor.

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Meanings

nounpræceptor (plural præceptors)

plural præceptors

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of preceptor.

    Consequently we discard our præceptor—our first medical love—and seek a new.

    1902, Frank Lehman, in a publication of The Hahnemannian Institute, volume IX, issue 2, page 33
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