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headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistress

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda. — Brian Bennett, Time, 13 Jan. 2026 In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Green plays Miss Peregrine, the headmistress of a hidden school that protects children with unusual abilities. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 Broadway veteran Carole Shelley set the standard for the villainous headmistress Madame Morrible. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025 In the film, Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Shiz University, keeps her stark white hair in an intricate updo, careful not to let too much of it down. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headmistress

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Noun

Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
During the day, these women work as teachers, painter-decorators, full-time carers.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of teacher

Noun

Among the middle and upper classes, music was generally seen as a female accomplishment, and teaching its rudiments to children was typically left to mothers, governesses, or schoolmistresses.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2025
Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

— Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024

Definition of schoolmistress

Noun

In 1981, Luwi was sitting in class when the headmaster of his school called his name on a megaphone.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Other cast members include John Lithgow, who plays Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore, Janet McTeer, who is Professor McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu plays Snape, Bel Powley is Aunt Petunia, and Nick Frost has been cast as Rubeus Hagrid.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of headmaster

Noun

No ruler-wielding schoolmarm can impart the urgency of learning the way hunger can.

— John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud.

— Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025

Definition of schoolmarm

Noun

Despite their apparent happiness, François takes a mistress (Marie-France Boyer) without remorse, setting in motion a tragedy that leaves its least deserving character the happiest.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
Anna’s colleague Noa Toussaint (CCH Pounder) follows with a video of Max coercing his mistress into suicide, shattering the narrative that bought his freedom.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

Definition of mistress

Noun

In the comedy series, Kilpatrick plays Diarra Brickland, a Detroit schoolteacher dealing with a messy divorce, and a serious case of denial after being ghosted by a rebound Tinder date.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Before she became known as kindly schoolteacher Eva Beadle-Simms on Little House on the Prairie, Charlotte Stewart was a flower child with a seriously iconic drinking buddy.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

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Yoga instructor Yuval Samburski will lead a healing weekend of meditation, stress reduction and body nourishment September 25 to 27.

— Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The couple, who are both instructors at Skydive Seneca Lake, made the jump in upstate New York with their officiant, best man, maid of honor, bridesmaids and groomsmen, reaching speeds of up to 120 mph.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

Turlock Unified confirmed Wilson is employed as a para-educator severe at Dutcher Middle School, working with students with special needs.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Early screening tests suggested thousands of Arkansas third graders were at risk of falling short, sparking alarm among some parents and educators.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2026

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