Schoolmistress

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schoolmistress \School"mis`tress\, n.
     A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female
     school-teacher.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  schoolmistress
       n : a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
           [syn: {schoolmarm}, {schoolma'am}, {mistress}]