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headmistress

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head⋅mis⋅tress

  [hed-mis-tris]
–noun
a woman in charge of a private school.
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Origin:
1870–75; head + mistress

Related forms:
headmistress-ship, noun

Usage note:
See -ess.
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head·mis·tress   (hěd'mĭs'trĭs)   
n.  A woman who is the principal of a school, usually a private school.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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