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schoolmistress

[ skool-mis-tris ]

noun

  1. a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.


schoolmistress

/ ˈskuːlˌmɪstrɪs /

noun

  1. a woman who teaches in or runs a school
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Gender Note

See -ess.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈschoolˌmistressy, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolmistress1

First recorded in 1490–1500; school 1 + mistress
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Example Sentences

Mistress Maria Kent was sitting on the porch at her pretty little home, the picture of an old-time schoolmistress.

And this was the correct schoolmistress, the preceptress and example of all the virtues!

The child, having conceived a great fondness for her schoolmistress, wished to please the latter by attention to her lessons.

"Come home, Henrietta," said Periwinkle, and she marched Henrietta out the door under the very eyes of the schoolmistress.

It was, perhaps, characteristic of the little old schoolmistress to show no interest whatever.

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