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schoolmistress

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Recent Examples of schoolmistress 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, 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 The inspiration for Jean Brodie was a charismatic schoolmistress called Christina Kay. — Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 28 July 2020 The home above was empty, except for the small cry of a little girl (who had just received a good-night kiss but didn’t want to go to sleep), and the shadow of a hoop skirt, like a black devil in a perverse schoolmistress’s ankle boots. — Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019 Usually, one schoolmistress declares her love to another and is rebuffed. — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018

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Noun

Sarr, the headmistress, acknowledged that the majority of students come from the capital.

— ABC News, 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

Definition of headmistress

Noun

This time the central crime revolves around a severed finger that is sent to the high school, and a mysterious — potentially nefarious — new teacher captivating their children.

— Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
For example, in 2011 Wisconsin decided that decisions about layoff procedures, class sizes and teacher placements should belong to the employer.

— David Griffith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of teacher

Noun

The story follows Masterji, a retired schoolteacher whose refusal to go along with those around him places him in direct conflict with his own community.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.

— Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

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

It has been said that the Moon is a harsh mistress, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the lunar south pole.

— Space.com Staff, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Despite their apparent happiness, François takes a mistress (Marie-France Boyer) without remorse, setting in motion a tragedy that leaves its least deserving character the happiest.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of mistress

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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
The struggle inspired a young Newcastle schoolmaster named Thomas Spence to develop the world’s first basic income proposal.

— Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of schoolmaster

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

Additional cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore while Janet McTeer is Professor McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu plays Snape and Nick Frost has been cast as Rubeus Hagrid.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
In 1981, Luwi was sitting in class when the headmaster of his school called his name on a megaphone.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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