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schoolmistress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mistress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm |
| Type of | school teacher, schoolteacher |
Examples of schoolmistress
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Susie Boyt's larger-than-life schoolmistress has echoes of Miss Jean Brodie.
From the guardian.co.uk
The schoolmistress spoke out, and said she didn't think the wit meant any irreverence.
From the theatlantic.com
Moments later the farmer's wife, her two daughters and a schoolmistress-boarder lie hacked to death.
From the time.com
In this opera it is often hard to understand why Ellen Orford, the widowed schoolmistress, is drawn to Grimes.
From the nytimes.com
John then married Maria Elizabeth, a schoolmistress, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, who was about 17 years his junior.
From the newscientist.com
The soprano Patricia Racette makes a sympathetic Ellen Orford, the schoolmistress who tries to reconcile Grimes to his neighbors.
From the nytimes.com
Andrew Davies's latest literary adaptation for BBC television is Winifred Holtby's 1936 novel about a progressive schoolmistress at a village school.
From the canberratimes.com.au
When a stern Russian schoolmistress in one of these poor villages said she would no longer admit girls in hijabs, she became a hero to many in Stavropol.
From the nytimes.com
Griffey shows fits of anger, slapping Ellen Orford, the widowed schoolmistress whom he hopes to marry, and locking his arm around the neck of John, his replacement apprentice.
From the pe.com
- Schoolmarm: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
- A schoolmaster, or simply master, once referred to a male school teacher. This usage survives in British public schools, but is generally obsolete elsewhere.
