Thesaurus results for HEADMISTRESS

headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistress

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress 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 Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headmistress

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Noun

At first, they were taught at home, and Lessing would admit that her mother was a gifted teacher.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Samantha Ness, a history teacher in Phoenix, said parents should focus on making sure children have basic supplies rather than getting caught up in trendy, decorative or expensive items.

— Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 4 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

There, the producers were running the show and Andy was kind of like the kindly headmaster, but none of that was there now.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Though the frigid headmaster answers their questions about his wife and his own timeline without flair, his demeanor immediately puts Annie on edge.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 July 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

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
Continue reading … POWER TRIP — Ex-Newsom mistress exposes wild affair step by step, reveals advice to stay quiet.

— , FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of mistress

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The retired schoolteacher had ridden at the more than 27,000-acre off-road area numerous times before and was eager to try out her new bike, a gray-and-white Kawasaki KLX 300R dirt bike, according to the outlets.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Goforth retired from her job as a schoolteacher, most recently at Albert Baxter Elementary School in Bellflower, within the past two years, her daughter said.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

Paint Like Bob Ross Complete a Bob Ross-style painting — complete with happy trees — in just one class taught by a certified instructor.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Feldman emphasizes hiring instructors who love community and kids, not necessarily master chefs, as the curriculum teaches cooking.

— Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

Teachers and staff from 63 Aurora Public Schools campuses used the resource, including preschool, elementary, middle and high school educators, counselors, therapists and special education staff.

— Tori Mason, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The first 50 Mental Health First Aiders are made up of first responders, educators, older adults and caregivers.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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