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Definition of Schoolmistress
1. Noun. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).
Definition of Schoolmistress
1. n. A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.
Definition of Schoolmistress
1. Noun. A woman in charge of a school. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schoolmistress
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Medical Definition of Schoolmistress
1. A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolmistress
Literary usage of Schoolmistress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Forms of Agreements Relating to Sales and Purchases by Henry Moore (1884)
"Between a Parent and a schoolmistress for the Board and Education of his ...
the said (schoolmistress), will, at her own expense, provide and supply the ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1858)
"... with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells
in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. ..."
3. English Pedagogy: Education, the School, and the Teacher, in English Literature by Henry Barnard (1876)
"His " schoolmistress,1' a descriptive sketch in imitation of Spenser, ranks in
poetry, with the paintings of Teniers and Wilkie, for its force and ..."
4. The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland by Abraham Mills (1851)
"The best part of this fine poem is found in the following stanzas:— THE schoolmistress.
Ah me! full sorely is my heart forlorn, To think how modest worth ..."
5. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"THE schoolmistress. AH me ! foil sorely is my heart forlorn, To think how modest
worth neglected lies, While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such ..."
6. The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland by Abraham Mills (1858)
"The best part of this fine poem is found in ,the following stanzas:— THE
schoolmistress. Ah me ! full sorely is my heart forlorn, To think how modest worth ..."
7. A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1865)
"Certainly,—said the schoolmistress,—with much pleasure. ... The schoolmistress
stepped back with a sudden movement, as if an arrow had struck her. ..."
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