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
The third will include a thoroughly befuddling lesson in the game of "cat's cradle," with a perplexed young instructress tangling her string and admitting, "I got it wrong."
From Time Magazine Archive
The bricklayer, clerks, telephone instructress et al. looked scared and suspicious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Team No. 22—Hanna Karpman, physical culture instructress, $35; Gunner Neilson, carpenter and professional walker, $60.
From Time Magazine Archive
The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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