headmasters

Private school leaders

Headmasters is the plural of headmaster, the principal or chief administrator of a school, especially a private or preparatory school.

The term carries British and old-fashioned connotations in American English: The headmasters of elite boarding schools gathered for their annual conference.

The female equivalent is headmistress, though headmaster now often applies regardless of gender.

administrator

principal

Chief school administrator

rector · provost · chancellor · warden · bursar · registrar · housemaster · vice-principal · governor · trustee

educator

teacher

One who instructs others

academic · mentor · tutor · professor · lecturer · preceptor · trainer · coach · guide · adviser

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institutional hierarchy

headmastersstudents

Those receiving instruction

pupils · teachers · junior staff · teaching staff · teaching assistants

educator vs. learner

headmastersstudents

Those receiving instruction

pupils · schoolchildren · learners · freshmen · kindergarteners

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