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headmasterly en · ADJ

Etymology

From headmaster + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Befitting a headmaster.
    • Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree. 2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford:

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Hypernyms

teacherly