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Webster 1913 Edition

Schoolmistress

School′misˊtress

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Noun.

A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.

Webster 1828 Edition

Schoolmistress

SCHOOL'MISTRESS

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Noun.

[See Mistress.] A woman who governs and teaches a school.

Definition 2024

schoolmistress

schoolmistress

English

Noun

schoolmistress ‎(plural schoolmistresses)

A woman in charge of a school.

Translations

woman in charge of a school

Basque: andereño
Catalan: mestressa (ca) f, mestressa (ca) f
Finnish: rehtori (fi)

Greek: καθηγήτρια (el) f ‎(kathigítria)
Norman: maitrêsse d'êcole f

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schoolmaster