Definition & Meaning of "schoolmistress"in English

Schoolmistress

a female teacher, typically in charge of a classroom or small school

Dialect

British

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Human

Composition

complex compound

Countable

Plural form

schoolmistresses

Examples

The schoolmistress taught multiple subjects to her students in the one-room schoolhouse.

Lexical Tree

schoolmistress

school

mistress

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