headmistress

Noun

Meaning

a woman headmaster

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

president chancellor dean provost ceo rector head director warden principal head teacher headmaster schoolmistress instructress directrix
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Antonyms

myrmidon

Hypernyms

head principal head teacher school principal

Phrases with the word

m, headmistress

Examples

I was always told by my family that I was the thick one. That I was stupid and my brother was the clever one. And I was always so conscious of that. I used to go to the headmistress crying saying I wish I wasn't so stupid. Diana, Princess of Wales

[Mrs Thatcher] started quoting St Francis within minutes of becoming elected, and scarcely an hour had gone by before she was sounding like the book of Revelations read out over a railway station public address system by a headmistress of a certain age wearing calico knickers. Clive James

Efua Adabie, Headmistress of ASA explains a point to the participants. Source: Internet

Mathilda meets with the school headmistress, who readmits her after Mathilda tells her what had happened in the past several days and if the headmistress doesn't help her now, Mathilda would be dead by the end of the day. Source: Internet

The headmistress of a government school in Nizamabad, about 200 km from Hyderabad, rode nearly 1,400 km on a scooter over three days during the lockdown to bring her stranded 19-year-old son home from Nellore in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Source: Internet

She is serving as a headmistress at a government school in Nizamabad, about 200 km from Hyderabad. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

headmasterly headmastership headmate headmistress-ship headmistressly headmistressship