schoolmistress

American  

[skool-mis-tris] / ˈskulˌmɪs trɪs /

noun

1. a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.

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schoolmistress British  

/ ˈskuːlˌmɪstrɪs /

noun

1. a woman who teaches in or runs a school

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Gender

See -ess.

Other Word Forms

• schoolmistressy
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of schoolmistress

First recorded in 1490–1500; school ¹ + mistress

Example Sentences

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 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

Now Schoolmistress McMahon's leg is mending well, though she is still not sure how soon she can go home.

From Time Magazine Archive

It came to me from the Schoolmistress, who, I venture to hope, is not forgotten by the readers of "The Tenants of An 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