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headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistress

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress Edith Hamilton was an American educator, the headmistress of a school, who on her retirement began writing about Greece and Rome. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for headmistress

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Noun

There’s also a padel court, a 24-hour sea-view gym and a yoga studio with a resident teacher for those who really can’t sit still, while the neighbouring golf course is one of the best in Spain.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
Then an invite extended to her dance teacher, Tori, turns into a night of exploring the city and getting to know each other.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 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

The Gheorghius’ next-door neighbor, Mats (Markus Scarth Tønseth), is also the high-school headmaster.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
William and Kate Middleton were seen walking across the schoolyard with their son before greeting the headmaster and provost.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 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

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But Leonard meets Michelle (Paltrow), the beautiful but volatile mistress of a wealthy married man who has recently moved into an apartment in his family’s building.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
In an early scene, Misty is jolted awake by the man’s furious widow, Celine (Amy Landecker), who has just discovered the apartment on her husband’s ledgers and is intent on kicking out his mistress.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistress

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Related Stories Set in the Iranian village of Goorankesh, housed in an incredibly arid and seemingly inhospitable region, the film follows schoolteacher Davoud Soulan (Mohammad Rahimi), whose job lies on precarious foundations.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Her performance as a schoolteacher earned her a Filmfare Award South for best female debut.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

During one middle school mariachi practice, an instructor encourages a girl to come out of her shell and yell excitedly.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Kreiz is an avid kite surfer whose post-college job was as an instructor at a Club Med and is fond of recalling the story of delivering his baby daughter in the back of a car in front of Paddington Station in London.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

Jeff Woltz, a beloved educator in Cincinnati, Ohio, died after suffering a heart attack, Colerain High School announced.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Instead, educators say the challenge is using the technology without skipping the parts of learning that build foundational skills.

— Corynn Winston, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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