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HEADMISTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headmistress mean?
• HEADMISTRESS (noun)
The noun HEADMISTRESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman headmaster
Familiarity information: HEADMISTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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