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

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

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 Schoolmistress, written in imitation of Spenser, has the merits of simplicity and homely humour.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John

One of the pleasantest outcomes of this literary fashion was William Shenstone's "Schoolmistress," published in an unfinished shape in 1737 and, as finally completed, in 1742.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)