How to use schoolmistress in a sentence
Mistress Maria Kent was sitting on the porch at her pretty little home, the picture of an old-time schoolmistress.
Maid Sally | Harriet A. CheeverAnd this was the correct schoolmistress, the preceptress and example of all the virtues!
Two Men of Sandy Bar | Bret HarteThe child, having conceived a great fondness for her schoolmistress, wished to please the latter by attention to her lessons.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert Moll"Come home, Henrietta," said Periwinkle, and she marched Henrietta out the door under the very eyes of the schoolmistress.
Duffels | Edward EgglestonIt was, perhaps, characteristic of the little old schoolmistress to show no interest whatever.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for schoolmistress
/ (ˈskuːlˌmɪstrɪs) /
a woman who teaches in or runs a school
Derived forms of schoolmistress
- schoolmistressy, adjective
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