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Definition of Headmistresses
1. headmistress [n] - See also: headmistress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headmistresses
Literary usage of Headmistresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Manchester High School for Girls, 1871-1911 by Sara Annie Burstall (1911)
"MEMBERS OF THE Headmistresses' ASSOCIATION . A. FORMER MISTRESSES OF THE MANCHESTER
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Miss Day, Glenside, Walmer, ..."
2. Report of the Commissioners by Royal Commission on Secondary Education, Great Britain (1895)
"Do you know at all what the feeling of headmistresses generally would be with
... I think the headmistresses generally prefer the training- college system. ..."
3. Report on Secondary & Higher Education in Derbyshire by Michael Sadler (1905)
"The Local Committee assigns, according to its discretion, out of the profits a
bonus to the headmistresses. This bonus has never been large. ..."
4. Report on Secondary & Higher Education in Derbyshire by Michael Sadler (1905)
"The Local Committee assigns, according to its discretion, out of the profits a
bonus to the headmistresses. This bonus has never been large. ..."
5. Moral Instruction and Training in Schools: Report of an International by Michael Sadler (1908)
"A headmistress writes :— Many of the headmistresses of fifteen or twenty years ago
... Now, it seems to me, that headmistresses say far too little to their ..."
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