Definition of "headteacher" []

• The most senior teacher in a school. (noun)

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• "The headteacher was a snob – I remember coming late to school because I had a paper round, and he caned me for that."
• "The tabloids picked up on one of the teachers saying to his class at the end of a lesson, "Clear off scumbags" and criticised Drew for calling the headteacher a "bugger" in one of the show's funniest scenes, Goddard hid behind a door and jumped out to surprise his deputy."
• "It's down to the perception that many people have that a headteacher is a white male in a secondary school and a white female in a primary school."