#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

instructress

[in-struhk-tris]

|

noun

a woman who instructs; teacher.

Origin of instructress

First recorded in 1620–30; instruct(o)r + -ess

Usage note

See -ess.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for instructress

Contemporary Examples of instructress

“Business theory teaches us one important lesson,” says the instructress.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy
Peter Pomerantsev
November 11, 2014
“Go to an expensive area of town,” continues the instructress.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy
Peter Pomerantsev
November 11, 2014

Historical Examples of instructress

She had the sense to put herself in the hands of an instructress.
The Magnificent Montez
Horace Wyndham
As for Cynthia, she revelled in her position as instructress.
Betty Trevor
Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey
To inaugurate a course of vocal instruction, place the residence of the instructress.
Ulysses
James Joyce
I have been told of a lady who wishes an instructress for her daughters.
Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart
Caroline Lee Hentz
Their instructress in the French language was named Blanchard, and was already there.
Anne
Constance Fenimore Woolson