headteacher

See also: head teacher

English

Alternative forms

head teacher

Etymology

head +‎ teacher

Noun

headteacher (plural headteachers)

The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.
I had to go and see the headteacher about my attitude.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

teacher

Translations

The most senior teacher in a school

Catalan: director (ca) m, directora (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 校長, 校长 (haau⁶ zoeng²)

Mandarin: 校長 (zh), 校长 (zh) (xiàozhǎng)

Min Nan: 校長 (zh-min-nan), 校长 (hāu-tiúⁿ)
Hungarian: igazgató (hu), iskolaigazgató (hu)
Indonesian: kepala sekolah (id), guru kepala (id)
Japanese: 校長 (ja) (こうちょう, kōchō)

Korean: 교장 (ko) (gyojang)
Malay: guru besar
Manx: ard-ynseyder m, ard-vainshtyr m, ard-venainshtyr m, ard-er-ynsee m, ard-ven-ynsee f
Portuguese: diretor (pt) m, diretora f
Romanian: director (ro) m, directoare (ro) f, rector (ro) m
Tagalog: ulong-guro, ulungguro
Vietnamese: hiệu trưởng (vi)
Welsh: prifathro (cy) m, prifathrawes (cy) f

Further reading

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