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schoolmistress

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Recent Examples of schoolmistress 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, 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 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

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Yet after the apparent death of Captain Crewe in World War I, Sara’s headmistress confines the now-penniless child in the school’s attic.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
The character’s name is Adelaide, seemingly the headmistress of a home for gifted young women and the person behind the camera of the talking head interviews that have teased the terror to come all season.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

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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

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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

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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

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The hero, or antihero, of the story is Ichabod Crane, a rather ridiculous-looking schoolmaster who has set his cap for Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful, coquettish daughter of a wealthy Dutch farmer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Every four years the American Society of Civil Engineers marks the nation's roads, bridges, dams and water systems the way a schoolmaster works through a stack of exam papers.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of schoolmaster

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The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.

— News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of pedagogue

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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

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