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单词 instructress
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instructressn.

Brit. /ɪnˈstrʌktrᵻs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈstrəktrəs/
Forms: 1600s instructresse, 1600s– instructress.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: instructor n., -ess suffix1; instructer n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: Probably partly < instructor n. + -ess suffix1, and partly < instructer n. + -ess suffix1. Compare -tress suffix. Compare earlier instructrice n.
A woman who teaches; a female instructor. Also figurative.The gender-neutral term instructor is now often preferred.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > female
teacheressa1382
doctricea1475
instructrice?1529
doctress1549
doctrix1604
instructress1608
doctoress1626
lectoress1634
introductress1657
preceptress1712
educatress1800
1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. D3 Thy onely vertuous friend, thy sweete instructresse is violently taken, grieuous sicke.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 75 Education is the Seasoner or instructresse of Youth, in principles of Knowledge, Discourse, and Action.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 38 You must allow me to look upon you as..my Instructress.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) I. xi. 335 The coadjutrix soon replaced her instructress.
1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 28 To be the instructress of an infant, a Mother should be its playmate.
1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. ix. 229 It will be said, that the Church of the Country is the proper instructress of the people.
1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes viii. 87 The person whose instructress and tormentor she was.
1938 Life 4 Apr. 10 (caption) Mrs. Simpson, a farmer's daughter, was a telephone company instructress.
2004 J. Wilson Diamond Girls 55 She could maybe be a skiing instructress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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