headmistress
noun
head·mis·tress
ˈhed-ˌmi-strəs 
-ˈmi-
: a woman heading the staff of a private school
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Michelle Yeoh portrays the headmistress in the 2024 Wicked adaptation.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Elphaba catches the eye of headmistress Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and even the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The supporting cast is superb, with Michelle Yeoh ideally cast as Madame Morrible, the headmistress and dean of sorcery studies who takes Elphaba under her wings, seeing extraordinary potential in the girl’s powers.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Smith introduced herself to a new generation of moviegoers in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as Professor Minerva McGonagall: no-nonsense transfiguration teacher, head of Gryffindor house and, later, Hogwarts headmistress.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Elphaba catches the eye of headmistress Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and even the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The supporting cast is superb, with Michelle Yeoh ideally cast as Madame Morrible, the headmistress and dean of sorcery studies who takes Elphaba under her wings, seeing extraordinary potential in the girl’s powers.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Smith introduced herself to a new generation of moviegoers in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as Professor Minerva McGonagall: no-nonsense transfiguration teacher, head of Gryffindor house and, later, Hogwarts headmistress.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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headmistress
noun
head·mis·tress
-ˌmis-trəs
-ˈmis-
: a female head of a private school
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