SCHOOLMISTRESSES Synonyms: 41 Similar Words

schoolmistresses

noun

plural of schoolmistress

as in teachers

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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

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

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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

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There are not nearly enough supervisors, known as preceptors, willing to take on students for those 500 hours of training.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of preceptors

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