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
Then it was as instantly flung wide and a dainty little housemistress, white-capped and white-haired, extended two small, toil-worn hands in greeting.
From Dorothy's Travels by S. Schneider
She, the housemistress, knew her home by heart.
From Leonora by Arnold Bennett
