housemaster
noun
a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
housemistress
-
a word derived from
housemaster.
Example Sentences
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The court had heard she was assistant housemistress at the school while also teaching maths and social education.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2022
The following day, I interviewed a veteran housemistress named Mrs. Senn, a marvel of institutional memory, who diverted me for hours with recollections about the year I spent at the school.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2014
"When Anne says she is intellectually lazy," said her former housemistress at Benenden, "I can't refute it."
From Time Magazine Archive
My wife was then an inexperienced "housemistress" fresh to her duties, and found a great help in the old woman, who smilingly taught her how to proceed with the housekeeping.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
Nobody could complain of this for the housemistress was a notable cook and her supplies generous.
From Dorothy's Travels by S. Schneider
