headmistresses

noun

plural of headmistress
as in teachers

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  1. teachers
  2. educators
  3. schoolteachers
  4. instructors
  5. mistresses
  6. coaches
Noun
  • 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
  • Local governments are running deficits, with many struggling to pay teachers and civil servants their salaries and benefits on time.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • Collaboration Education organizes and assigns retired educators as tutors and helps economically disadvantaged parents engage productively with schools.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Safe, equitable and joyful schools built on strong relationships between students, educators, families and communities.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of educators
Noun
  • Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteachers
Noun
  • Everyone from the front-desk employees to the housekeepers to the yoga instructors were helpful and attentive.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But Greene says Forbes Road instructors earn $11,000 less than peers at competitive career and technical education centers.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • The Getty Suite speaks for itself with its throne-like chairs, opulent tapestries, carved rose wooden ceiling and connecting door into the Medici Suite (CH) where Getty put up some of his mistresses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
  • On the other hand, Dunaway and her tart-talking sidekick, Brenda Vaccaro, seem to be having the time of their lives as mistresses of the shades of darkness (their ramshackle abode is a funhouse Ghost Train ride festooned with skeletons, spiders and tattered netting).
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Definition of mistresses
Noun
  • Crazy scene postgame as Boise State and Fresno State players and coaches walk through the fans to get to the locker rooms.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Top college football coaches command NFL-caliber salaries; fired head coaches alone have collected over $1 billion in severance since 2015.
    — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of coaches
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“Headmistresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistresses. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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