Pre-cĕp'tor, n.

noun

n. [Lat. præceptor, from præcipere, to teach; Fr. précepteur, Sp. preceptor, It. precettore. See PRECEPT.]

Sense 1. A teacher; an instructor; the head of a school; a principal teacher.

Sense 2. The head of a preceptory, among the Knights Templars.