instructress

noun

Definition of instructressnext
as in teacher

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  1. teacher
  2. schoolmistress
  3. instructor
  4. mistress
  5. headmistress
  6. pedagogue
  7. schoolmaster
  8. schoolteacher
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
  • 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
  • This mistress was not as frightening or as weird as the adults had claimed.
    — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In contrast, the four mistresses are often shot in close-up, and much of the film is dominated by Gong’s visage.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of mistress
Noun
  • Ericka, being lighter-skinned than Paulina, sparks a clash between the school's headmistress and the pageant director over beauty and who would have the best chance of winning the Miss Global Universe pageant.
    — Kristian Monroe, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Yet after the apparent death of Captain Crewe in World War I, Sara’s headmistress confines the now-penniless child in the school’s attic.
    — Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of headmistress
Noun
  • The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of pedagogue
Noun
  • The hero, or antihero, of the story is Ichabod Crane, a rather ridiculous-looking schoolmaster who has set his cap for Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful, coquettish daughter of a wealthy Dutch farmer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Every four years the American Society of Civil Engineers marks the nation's roads, bridges, dams and water systems the way a schoolmaster works through a stack of exam papers.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of schoolmaster
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
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