schoolmistress
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -ess.
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Origin of schoolmistress
Example Sentences
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Now Schoolmistress McMahon's leg is mending well, though she is still not sure how soon she can go home.
From Time Magazine Archive
The good news for the lollipop trade: Madeline is back, with her eleven straight-living little boarding-school friends and the noble Schoolmistress Clavel, in a rousing sequel.
From Time Magazine Archive
When his affair with Schoolmistress Alice Moore created a national scandal, he coined and widely promoted an epigram on gossips: "When in doubt, mind your own business."
From Time Magazine Archive
The next day I wrote to the Schoolmistress as follows: The Old Farm.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher
In The Schoolmistress, we would not for worlds miss Peggy Hesseltine's party, which we know awaits us in Act II.
From Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship by Archer, William
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