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Definition of Headmistress
1. Noun. A woman headmaster.
Definition of Headmistress
1. Noun. (chiefly British) A female school principal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headmistress
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headmistress
Literary usage of Headmistress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Moral Instruction and Training in Schools: Report of an International by Michael Sadler (1908)
"WOODHOUSE, President of the Association of Headmistresses; Headmistress of the
Clapham High School, SW (Girls' Public Day School Trust). ..."
2. On the Tibur Road: A Freshman's Horace by Horace, George Meason Whicher (1912)
"... TO A Headmistress A learned friend has bought my rhymes And paid hard silver
for them; But O to think how many times Her learned pen will score them! ..."
3. Report on Secondary and Higher Education in Essex by Michael Sadler (1906)
"mittee it would be possible to secure a highly competent headmistress with good
academic qualifications and experience of higher secondary school work. ..."
4. Report of the Commissioners by Great Britain Royal Commission on Secondary Education (1895)
"The headmistress endorsed much of what she said, and also told me that she had
... One headmistress, of much experience and who had a trained teacher iu her ..."
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