headmistress

noun

Definition of headmistressnext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of headmistress There’s also hints of vulnerability and genuine tenderness in her stern headmistress of the bedroom, which Wilde slips in just slyly enough to let the presence of a heart peek through all the brainy brashness and hormone overload. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026 Edith Hamilton was an American educator, the headmistress of a school, who on her retirement began writing about Greece and Rome. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda. — Brian Bennett, Time, 13 Jan. 2026 In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Green plays Miss Peregrine, the headmistress of a hidden school that protects children with unusual abilities. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headmistress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
  1. teacher
  2. schoolmistress
  3. headmaster
  4. schoolmarm
  5. mistress
  6. schoolteacher
  7. instructor
  8. educator
Noun
  • In 2024, two Michigan high school students were sitting in the bleachers during a student-teacher basketball game when their physical education teacher collapsed from cardiac arrest.
    — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • When the Gulf state launched its golden visa in 2019, the government offered 10-year residency to people who could invest at least $545,000 into property as well as to researchers, teachers and specialized talent.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Among the middle and upper classes, music was generally seen as a female accomplishment, and teaching its rudiments to children was typically left to mothers, governesses, or schoolmistresses.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of schoolmistress
Noun
  • The Gheorghius’ next-door neighbor, Mats (Markus Scarth Tønseth), is also the high-school headmaster.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
  • William and Kate Middleton were seen walking across the schoolyard with their son before greeting the headmaster and provost.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of headmaster
Noun
  • No ruler-wielding schoolmarm can impart the urgency of learning the way hunger can.
    — John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud.
    — Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
Definition of schoolmarm
Noun
  • Most of Jack’s mistresses did not express much concern about Jackie.
    — Laurence Leamer, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Wives and mistresses battle each other in the French court of King Henry II and in the palace of Maharaja Madho Singh II.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of mistress
Noun
  • Related Stories Set in the Iranian village of Goorankesh, housed in an incredibly arid and seemingly inhospitable region, the film follows schoolteacher Davoud Soulan (Mohammad Rahimi), whose job lies on precarious foundations.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Her performance as a schoolteacher earned her a Filmfare Award South for best female debut.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of schoolteacher
Noun
  • During one middle school mariachi practice, an instructor encourages a girl to come out of her shell and yell excitedly.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kreiz is an avid kite surfer whose post-college job was as an instructor at a Club Med and is fond of recalling the story of delivering his baby daughter in the back of a car in front of Paddington Station in London.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Jeff Woltz, a beloved educator in Cincinnati, Ohio, died after suffering a heart attack, Colerain High School announced.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, educators say the challenge is using the technology without skipping the parts of learning that build foundational skills.
    — Corynn Winston, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of educator

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“Headmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistress. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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