preceptor

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Clark also told the instructor that "you are not going to treat me that way" and "you are the worst preceptor I have ever had."

From Fox News • Aug. 9, 2021

Mother wit came to the rescue in the person of Anicetus the freedman, preceptor of Nero’s boyish years, and detested by Agrippina with a vigour which was reciprocated.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

Vernon was world famous as a performer, and preceptor.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2018

More recently, Rosa worked as a training captain, leading new firefighters through the academy, and a paramedic preceptor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2018

I am bold to say I was his preceptor in politics and taught him everything that was good and solid in his whole political conduct.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis