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On orders from the headmaster, the teacher had asked all the Indian students to raise their hands.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
At the center of the mystery is Collette's Evelyn Ward, the enigmatic headmaster of an academy for troubled teens occupied by Topliffe's Abbie, who also attempts to unearth secrets of the sinister academy.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
At the center of the mystery is Collette's Evelyn Ward, the enigmatic headmaster of an academy for troubled teens occupied by Topliffe's Abbie, who also attempts to unearth secrets of the sinister academy.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headmaster. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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headmaster
noun
head·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
-ˈmas-
: a male head of a private school
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