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单词 schoolmistress
释义

schoolmistress

noun

school·​mis·​tress ˈskül-ˌmi-strəs How to pronounce schoolmistress (audio)
: a woman who teaches school
schoolmistressy
ˈskül-ˌmi-strə-sē How to pronounce schoolmistress (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The inspiration for Jean Brodie was a charismatic schoolmistress called Christina Kay. Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 28 July 2020 The home above was empty, except for the small cry of a little girl (who had just received a good-night kiss but didn’t want to go to sleep), and the shadow of a hoop skirt, like a black devil in a perverse schoolmistress’s ankle boots. Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019 Usually, one schoolmistress declares her love to another and is rebuffed. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018 FacebookTwitterPinterest 1/12On a walk with school-mates and a schoolmistress, London, 1957.From Bettmann/Getty Images. Vanity Fair, Vanities, 28 Mar. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

schoolmistress

noun

school·​mis·​tress ˈskül-ˌmi-strəs How to pronounce schoolmistress (audio)
: a woman who is in charge of a school or teaches in a school

schoolmistress

noun

as in headmistress

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rector
  • educationist
  • preceptor
  • coach
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  • trainer
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