instructress

noun

Definition of instructressnext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for instructress
  1. teacher
  2. schoolmistress
  3. instructor
  4. mistress
  5. headmistress
  6. pedagogue
  7. schoolmaster
  8. schoolteacher
Noun
  • School representatives such as teachers, counselors, club advisers, communication staff and principals can nominate these high school students by 5 p.m. on Thursdays.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
  • These include firefighters, emergency workers, teachers, nutrition professionals, custodial workers, medical assistants, etc.
    Ron Swain, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of schoolmistress
Noun
  • Cindi Hodgman, 56, of Royal Oak, is a personal trainer and Pilates instructor, took a long sigh before answering who was her presidential pick.
    Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • All three of the swing states facing higher rates of debt have been trending toward Trump, and the larger debt load could be a part of the reason, said Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin.
    Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Located on Rue de Rivoli and overlooking the Tuileries Garden, the hotel has hosted a long line of royals and royal consorts, from Napoleon’s mistress to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
    Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Alas, Chicken Man’s foray into the big-time implodes after armed robbers attack the party — leaving Frank to assume that Chicken Man and his cunning mistress, Vivian (Taraji P. Henson), were in on the heist.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of mistress
Noun
  • Michelle Yeoh portrays the headmistress in the 2024 Wicked adaptation.
    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
Definition of headmistress
Noun
  • The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
  • His main teacher was Leon Russianoff, a leading clarinet pedagogue of the latter half of the 20th century, after whom Mr. Drucker would name his son.
    Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
Definition of pedagogue
Noun
  • On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
  • In the original Irving tale, the character of Katrina — the young woman in Sleepy Hollow who schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and prankster Brom Bones covet as a future bride — has only a small part.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
Definition of schoolmaster
Noun
  • The couple were schoolteachers, local news reports say.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
  • McIntosh was a retired schoolteacher who lived in Jacksonville, ABC affiliate WSB reported.
    David Chiu, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of schoolteacher
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