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headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistress

as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress Edith Hamilton was an American educator, the headmistress of a school, who on her retirement began writing about Greece and Rome. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda. — Brian Bennett, Time, 13 Jan. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for headmistress

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Noun

The story plays out in New York’s cutthroat acting scene, where a talented Indian actor chasing his craft falls under the sway of Keitel’s teacher.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
The teenager loved Kennedale High School and was cherished by his classmates and teachers, the post read.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 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

William and Kate Middleton were seen walking across the schoolyard with their son before greeting the headmaster and provost.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
During that time, Prince George will adhere to the historic institution’s dress code, in which the contemporary incarnation was established by Anthony Chenevix-Trench, who served the school as headmaster from 1964 to 1970.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 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

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During that week, Flynn’s mistress Alleigha Botner, 24, a worship leader at the same Tipp City church as Flynn, read from more than 100,000 text messages between herself and Flynn, some of which indicated Flynn’s murderous intentions.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
But that life was disrupted when her father took up a mistress and developed an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, causing Barbara to move several times and board with neighbors before eventually settling into a two-room apartment with her mother.

— Genevieve Uzamere, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of mistress

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On Monday, the gallery echoed with the sounds of an acoustic guitar and flute during a fundraiser for Rose Lounsbury, a former schoolteacher who, for the second time, is running as a Democrat for state representative.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
The star is joined by Filipino independent film producer and former schoolteacher Alemberg Ang (Moonglow) and Rosa Bosch, an international film sales, distribution, and awards strategy executive and AMPAS member.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of schoolteacher

Noun

He was awarded the Purple Heart and is back on active duty as an instructor at Fort Leavenworth.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
More recently, MasterClass has broadened its programming beyond the traditional single-instructor course format with episodic original series, including shows centered on investing, business and emerging technology.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructor

Noun

Meanwhile, Moe Harb, hair educator and cofounder of Beauty Club London, predicted the return of balayage.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Cho Eun-hee | South Korea Chef and culinary educator Cho Eun-hee is helping to transform Korean food from a pop-culture fad to global fine dining.

— Ashleigh Nghiem, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

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