Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: headmaster  'hed'mãs-tu(r)
Usage: Brit
  1. Presiding officer of a school
    "The headmaster addressed the students at the beginning of the academic year";
    - schoolmaster, master

Derived forms: headmasters

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], head, head teacher [Brit], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, principal, school principal, sod [informal]

Encyclopedia: Headmaster