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Synonyms of instructress
as in mistress, headmistress
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for instructress
- headmistress,
- mistress
- [chiefly British],
- schoolmarm
- (or schoolma'am),
- schoolmistress
- educationist
- [chiefly British],
- educator,
- instructor,
- pedagogue
- (also pedagog),
- preceptor,
- schoolteacher,
- teacher
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The first known use of instructress was in 1608
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