schoolmistress

[ skool-mis-tris ]

noun

1. a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.

schoolmistress

/ ˈskuːlˌmɪstrɪs /

noun

1. a woman who teaches in or runs a school

Gender Note

See -ess.

Derived Forms

• ˈschoolˌmistressy, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolmistress¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; school ¹ + mistress

Example Sentences

Mistress Maria Kent was sitting on the porch at her pretty little home, the picture of an old-time schoolmistress.

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And this was the correct schoolmistress, the preceptress and example of all the virtues!

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The child, having conceived a great fondness for her schoolmistress, wished to please the latter by attention to her lessons.

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"Come home, Henrietta," said Periwinkle, and she marched Henrietta out the door under the very eyes of the schoolmistress.

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It was, perhaps, characteristic of the little old schoolmistress to show no interest whatever.

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