headmistressn.

Brit.

/ˌhɛdˈmɪstrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈˌhɛdˈˌmɪstrᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, mistress n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + mistress n., after headmaster n. Compare earlier schoolmistress n.¹

†1. A principal or major vice, personified as a female. Cf. mistress n. 6a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > personified

vicec1420

headmistress1632

1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia i. i. 4 Yea and it seemeth, that vnthankefulnesse is accompanied especially with vnshamefacednesse: And this vice verily is thought to be the head-Mistris [Gk. μεγίστη, lit. ‘the greatest’] that leadeth to all lewdnesse and villany.

2. Chiefly British. (The title of) a woman who is the head teacher of a school. Cf. headmaster n. 2, headteacher n., principal n. 1e.Originally referring to a principal schoolmistress having assistant mistresses in her charge, the role of headmistress now mainly involves managerial and pastoral duties.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher

rector1434

provost1442

headmaster1576

regent1583

gymnasiarch1682

headmistress1730

headteacher1758

principal1827

archididascalus1844

head1889

1730 D. Lewis et al. Misc. Poems 317 Head Mistress of the Prattling School.

1798 E. India Kalendar 64 Mr. Rich. Burney, head master of the upper school. Mrs. Sutton, head mistress of ditto.

1872 Prospectus School Women's Educ. Union May The School will be under the general superintendence of a qualified Head Mistress, who will have the same powers and duties as the Head Master of a Public School.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 483 The attendant soon brought the head-mistress.

1922 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 24 Jan. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 25 I've got the plot of a Jeeves story where Bertie visits a girls' school and is very shy and snootered by the girls and the headmistress.

1983 C. Voigt Callender Papers (1989) i. 9 She was sitting behind her big oak desk, looking every bit the headmistress she was, strict and fair-minded.

2005 I. McEwan Saturday i. 8 A 53-year-old woman, a primary school headmistress.

Derivatives

(In sense 2).

headˈmistress-ship n. the position or role of headmistress.

ΚΠ

1869 Eccl. Gaz. 14 Dec. 143/3 Miss Watson, [was approved] for the Head Mistress-ship of Byculla School.

1900 Standard 27 Oct. Girls' School.—Head Mistress-ship.

2011 E. Letts Eighty-dollar Champion v. 36 Mrs. Phinney formally ceded the headmistress-ship to her handpicked protégée.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headmistress
释义	headmistressn. Brit. /ˌhɛdˈmɪstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌhɛdˈˌmɪstrᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, mistress n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + mistress n., after headmaster n. Compare earlier schoolmistress n.¹ †1. A principal or major vice, personified as a female. Cf. mistress n. 6a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > personified vicec1420 headmistress1632 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia i. i. 4 Yea and it seemeth, that vnthankefulnesse is accompanied especially with vnshamefacednesse: And this vice verily is thought to be the head-Mistris [Gk. μεγίστη, lit. ‘the greatest’] that leadeth to all lewdnesse and villany. 2. Chiefly British. (The title of) a woman who is the head teacher of a school. Cf. headmaster n. 2, headteacher n., principal n. 1e.Originally referring to a principal schoolmistress having assistant mistresses in her charge, the role of headmistress now mainly involves managerial and pastoral duties. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher rector1434 provost1442 headmaster1576 regent1583 gymnasiarch1682 headmistress1730 headteacher1758 principal1827 archididascalus1844 head1889 1730 D. Lewis et al. Misc. Poems 317 Head Mistress of the Prattling School. 1798 E. India Kalendar 64 Mr. Rich. Burney, head master of the upper school. Mrs. Sutton, head mistress of ditto. 1872 Prospectus School Women's Educ. Union May The School will be under the general superintendence of a qualified Head Mistress, who will have the same powers and duties as the Head Master of a Public School. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 483 The attendant soon brought the head-mistress. 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 24 Jan. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 25 I've got the plot of a Jeeves story where Bertie visits a girls' school and is very shy and snootered by the girls and the headmistress. 1983 C. Voigt Callender Papers (1989) i. 9 She was sitting behind her big oak desk, looking every bit the headmistress she was, strict and fair-minded. 2005 I. McEwan Saturday i. 8 A 53-year-old woman, a primary school headmistress. Derivatives (In sense 2). headˈmistress-ship n. the position or role of headmistress. ΚΠ 1869 Eccl. Gaz. 14 Dec. 143/3 Miss Watson, [was approved] for the Head Mistress-ship of Byculla School. 1900 Standard 27 Oct. Girls' School.—Head Mistress-ship. 2011 E. Letts Eighty-dollar Champion v. 36 Mrs. Phinney formally ceded the headmistress-ship to her handpicked protégée. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1632
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