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For me, folklore started right back at school, when our junior headmaster used to sit and tell us tall colorful tales, oral Cumbrian legends and ghost stories, which could be augmented and added to in the telling.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Town & Country reported that when Margaret was 11, she was inspired by a prior concert that benefitted the Royal Household Wool Fund and proposed a similar idea to Royal School headmaster Hubert Tannar, who ended up writing and producing each play.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Town & Country reported that when Margaret was 11, she was inspired by a prior concert that benefitted the Royal Household Wool Fund and proposed a similar idea to Royal School headmaster Hubert Tannar, who ended up writing and producing each play.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headmaster. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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headmaster
noun
head·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
-ˈmas-
: a male head of a private school
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