SCHOOLMISTRESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

Synonyms:

mistress; schoolma'am; schoolmarm; schoolmistress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("schoolmistress" is a kind of...):

school teacher; schoolteacher (a teacher in a school below the college level)

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