Thesaurus results for HEADMISTRESS

headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistress

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress 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 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 See All Example Sentences for headmistress

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Noun

Election officials originally had blocked the retired teacher from the primary ballot.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Another student and teacher were also injured during the attack.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 1 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

There are visceral descriptions of the hanging of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2026
Clairmont, Byron’s mistress and mother of his unborn child, had orchestrated the introduction between Byron and the group.

— Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistress

Noun

The gubernatorial race also was top of mind for another early-morning voter, schoolteacher Hannah Doty.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
In statements to the Washington Examiner, the campaign arm of Senate Democrats and Peltola’s campaign denied involvement with the Senate bid from the second Sullivan, who is a retired schoolteacher.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

Metzger is one of the class instructors in the Quest program, teaching a wide variety of subjects.

— Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
On Sunday, Sam Guichelaar, a flight instructor, tweeted about receiving a copyright infringement notice from Starlink for torrenting the TV show.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

Attendance is up, teacher pay is at its highest level in district history, and more of our strongest educators are staying in the classroom.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
Buelna and another candidate accused Winston of misleading the public by describing himself as an architect and an educator during the campaign when his full-time job is deputy mayor of infrastructure and climate resilience.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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