schoolmistress
noun
school·mis·tress
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Definition of schoolmistress
: a woman who teaches school
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Other Words from schoolmistress
schoolmistressy
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of schoolmistress in a Sentence
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The home above was empty, except for the small cry of a little girl (who had just received a good-night kiss but didn’t want to go to sleep), and the shadow of a hoop skirt, like a black devil in a perverse schoolmistress’s ankle boots. — Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, "Skylight," 11 July 2019 Usually, one schoolmistress declares her love to another and is rebuffed. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, "These Actors Are Off Book. Way Off.," 16 Feb. 2018 FacebookTwitterPinterest 1/12On a walk with school-mates and a schoolmistress, London, 1957.From Bettmann/Getty Images. — Vanity Fair, Vanities, "Scenes from Prince Charles’s Childhood," 28 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'schoolmistress.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for schoolmistress
schoolmistress
noun
English Language Learners Definition of schoolmistress
old-fashioned
: a woman who teaches in a school
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schoolmistress
noun
school·mis·tress
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Kids Definition of schoolmistress
: a woman who is in charge of a school or teaches in a school