headmistress

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headmistress

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Compound of head + mistress.

noun headmistresses

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland A female headteacher.

    Similar: principal

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noun female head teacher

हिन्दीप्राचार्या prācāryā, मुख्याध्यापिका mukhyādhyāpikā
Portuguêsdiretora
Françaisdirectrice, proviseure, proviseuse (lycée)
DeutschSchulleiterin, Rektorin, Direktorin
Русскийдиректри́са direktrísa
العربيةمُدِيرَة mudīra
עבריתמנהלת \ מְנַהֶלֶת menahélet

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@misc{headmistress_2026,
  title = {headmistress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headmistress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}