schoolmistresses

plural of schoolmistress

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmistresses
Noun
  • Protests are expected around the stadium throughout the day, including demonstrations by the teachers’ union and groups representing the families of missing persons.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic Pikes Peak During the summer of 1893, poet and literature professor Katharine Lee Bates joined other teachers working in Colorado Springs for the summer and took a ride to the top of Pikes Peak.
    Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • At those gatherings, there will be fans like these two schoolteachers, who have saved their money for decades to watch the world’s best play all over the world.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • In 1952, the Sherskys closed Three Feathers and Q was left roaming Knoxville, selling to schoolteachers, promoters, and even janitors.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The states argued that the policy impedes their ability to hire primary and secondary school educators and to staff public colleges and universities, will stymie academic research and will lead to a decline in medical workers.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Within a decade, more than a third of social-studies educators were coaching sports or teaching phys ed.
    Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • This trend of inadequate math preparation among first-year university students, UC faculty said in their letter, results in instructors having to reteach middle school math while the level of course content drops below what’s needed for advanced STEM work.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • Learn to ride Atlantic swells from expert instructors in towns like Lagos.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The multiple mistresses ruined his image; the countless injuries derailed his golf game.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
    Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Schoolmistresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmistresses. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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