deputy headmaster
Second in command
A deputy headmaster is the second-in-command at a school, assisting the headmaster with administration and often assuming leadership when the headmaster is absent.
The term is primarily British; American schools typically use assistant principal or vice principal.
The deputy headmaster handled discipline while the headmaster was on leave.
- vice-principalSchool's second administrator
- assistantOne who aids another
- senior staffExperienced, high-ranking employees
- schoolPlace of instruction
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
assembly · school assembly · morning announcements · robes · authority · stern · corridor · office · detention · prefect · boarding · boarding school · house system · housemaster · staff · faculty · staff room · in loco parentis
deputy headmasterheadmaster
School's chief administrator
principal · head teacher · headmistress · superintendent · school director
deputy headmasterstudent
One formally enrolled somewhere
pupil · schoolchild · freshman · undergraduate · caretaker
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