Headmaster vs Headmasterly - What's the difference?
headmaster | headmasterly |
In a manner befitting a headmaster.
* 2008 , Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford
As a noun headmaster
is a male school principal.As an adjective headmasterly is
in a manner befitting a headmaster.headmaster
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Usage notes
The term is gender-specific, and refers to a male in the position. A female in the same role would be called a headmistress .Synonyms
* headteacher * principalAnagrams
*headmasterly
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree.