HEADMISTRESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman headmaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

head; head teacher; principal; school principal (the educator who has executive authority for a school)

Derivation:

headmistressship (the position of headmistress)

Credits