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headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistress

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress Sarr, the headmistress, acknowledged that the majority of students come from the capital. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 There’s also hints of vulnerability and genuine tenderness in her stern headmistress of the bedroom, which Wilde slips in just slyly enough to let the presence of a heart peek through all the brainy brashness and hormone overload. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for headmistress

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Noun

Another area district leadership pointed to in this year’s results was a significant increase compared to the year prior in the number of teachers with fewer than 10 absences.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
His father worked at a wholesaler for industrial bakeries; his mother was a kindergarten teacher.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 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

Noun

Leal’s mother, like her grandmother, was an elementary schoolteacher and retired three years ago.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
For example, Angie Nixon, a state representative in Florida, championed affordability alongside a moratorium on evictions and a universal jobs program, while James Talarico, a former schoolteacher in Texas, focused on public education.

— Christine Slaughter, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

Goat Yoga on the Farm Join a one-hour beginner-friendly yoga class led by a certified instructor and accompanied by plenty of gentle Nigerian dwarf goats.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Mark Renn, an instructor with Colorado Horsepower CBS He said the benefits became apparent in his own life after joining the program.

— Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

In a news release, the union representing 120,000 educators and faculty urged Newsom to issue an executive order pausing AI use in classrooms before his term ends in January.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Anti-war campaigners have released a teaching handbook urging educators to rethink how children learn about conflict, with activities aimed at pupils from first grade through high school.

— Rich Percival, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

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