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The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
Examples
- I had to go and see the headteacher about my attitude.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُدِير
(mudīr)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Arabic:
مُدِيرَة
(mudīra)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Bengali:
মুহতামিম
(muhtamim)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Catalan:
director
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Catalan:
directora
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Chinese Cantonese:
校長 /校长
(haau6 zoeng2)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Chinese:
校長 /校长
(zh-min-nan)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Chinese Mandarin:
校長 /校长
(xiàozhǎng)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Dutch:
schoolhoofd
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Faroese:
skúlastjóri
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Finnish:
johtajaopettaja
— the most senior teacher in a school
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French:
directeur
— the most senior teacher in a school
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French:
directrice
— the most senior teacher in a school
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French:
proviseur
— the most senior teacher in a school
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French:
proviseuse (lycée)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Galician:
director
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Galician:
directora
— the most senior teacher in a school
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German:
Schulleiter
— the most senior teacher in a school
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German:
Schulleiterin
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Hungarian:
igazgató
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Hungarian:
iskolaigazgató
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Indonesian:
kepala sekolah
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Indonesian:
guru kepala
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Japanese:
校長
(kōchō)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Korean:
교장
(gyojang)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Malay:
guru besar
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Manx:
ard-ynseyder
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Manx:
ard-vainshtyr
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Manx:
ard-venainshtyr
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Manx:
ard-er-ynsee
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Manx:
ard-ven-ynsee
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Portuguese:
diretor
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Portuguese:
diretora
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Romanian:
director
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Romanian:
directoare
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Romanian:
rector
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Russian:
дире́ктор
(diréktor)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Russian:
директри́са
(direktrísa)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Tagalog:
ulong-guro
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Tagalog:
ulungguro
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Ukrainian:
дире́ктор
(dyréktor)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Ukrainian:
дире́кторка
(dyréktorka)
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Vietnamese:
hiệu trưởng
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Welsh:
prifathro
— the most senior teacher in a school
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Welsh:
prifathrawes
— the most senior teacher in a school
