What does schoolmistress mean?
Definitions for schoolmistress
ˈskulˌmɪs trɪsschoolmistress
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word schoolmistress.
Princeton's WordNet
schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistressnoun
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
Wiktionary
schoolmistressnoun
A woman in charge of a school.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Schoolmistressnoun
A woman who governs a school.
Etymology: school and mistress.
Such precepts I have selected from the most considerable which we have received from nature, that exact schoolmistress. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
My schoolmistress, like a vixen Turk,
Maintains her lazy husband. John Gay, What d’ye Call it.
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schoolmistress
A schoolmistress is a female teacher in a school, especially a woman who is in charge of a private school or a headmistress in the past.
Webster Dictionary
Schoolmistressnoun
a woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of schoolmistress in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of schoolmistress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- mestressaCatalan, Valencian
- καθηγήτριαGreek
- andereñoBasque
- rehtoriFinnish
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