instructress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of instructress
First recorded in 1620–30; instruct(o)r + -ess
Example Sentences
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Ann-Margret is perfectly cast as his love interest — they also had an off-camera romance — a swimming instructress name Rusty.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2014
Mr. Webster says: "governess�a lady who trains and instructs children, or an instructress."
From Time Magazine Archive
He met her last winter while she was swimming instructress on a world cruise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Miss Bernice Heaton, the telephone instructress, for example, would ride home from court on a trolley car and go out for the evening with a girl friend.
From Time Magazine Archive
I liked to learn of her: I saw the part of instructress pleased and suited her; that of scholar pleased and suited me no less.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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