housemaster
Boarding school overseer
A housemaster is a teacher in charge of a residential house at a British boarding school.
The housemaster oversees the welfare, discipline, and daily life of students living in that house, serving as a combination of administrator and mentor: The housemaster called a meeting after curfew violations.
The female equivalent is housemistress.
Student living building
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- houseparentLive-in residential caretaker
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
residence · live-in · caretaker · steward · housekeeper · superintendent · quarters · boarder
Trained self-control or specialty
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- governanceHow authority is exercised
management · charge · custody · rule · enforcement · control · directive · leadership
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- counselorOne who advises
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- guideLeader or instruction book
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
confidant · support · guidance · nurturing · welfare · safeguarding · wellbeing · inspiration
One who instructs others
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- academicRelating to education or theory
- scholarLearned, studious person
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
lecturer · examiner · trainer · facilitator · preceptor · schoolmaster · pedagogue · educationalist
dormitory
Student living building
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- houseparentLive-in residential caretaker
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
warden · residence · live-in · caretaker · steward · housekeeper · superintendent · quarters · boarder · lights-out
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
governance · management · charge · custody · rule · enforcement · control · directive · leadership · jurisdiction
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
guardian · confidant · support · guidance · nurturing · welfare · safeguarding · wellbeing · inspiration · wisdom
teacher
One who instructs others
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- academicRelating to education or theory
- scholarLearned, studious person
tutor · lecturer · examiner · trainer · facilitator · preceptor · schoolmaster · pedagogue · educationalist · teaching
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- mastersgrandmaster, schoolmaster, sifu, choirmaster, postmaster
- Eton CollegeEtonians, tug, fagging, fags, beak
- British SchoolsEton, Rugby, Winchester, Westminster, St. Paul's
- Housing Rolesproperty manager, building manager, landlord, superintendent, resident manager
- prep schoolsprep school, boarding school, private school, academy, convent school
housemasterheadmaster
School's chief administrator
pupil · student · day student · classroom teacher · matron