headmistress
headmistress
Definition
head·mistress (-mis′tris)
noun
in certain schools, esp. private schools for girls, the woman in charge of the school; principal
headmistress
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: Miss Sarah Collis retired in 1906 and her niece, Miss Mary Collis became headmistress.
- see: It's oddly familiar because it's how you felt when you had to go and see the headmistress.
- have: We had a brilliant headmistress who ruled us with a rod of iron, Miss Bennett.
- say: If only the nations of the world could emulate these situations, " said the Headmistress of the Dersingham Road school, Deirdre Turner.
- tell: And it was just three days after I told the headmistress that I was HIV positive that I was sacked.
- contact: If you are interested in being considered for a scholarship you should contact the Headmistress.
Preposition: at
- school: I was speaking to the headmistress at school that my eldest goes to, which Rosslyn will be going to in 4 yrs.
Adjective modifier
- new: Is he on a collision course with Grange Hill's new headmistress?
- first: Her successor, Miss Margaret Claydon, was the first Headmistress who resigned, in 1991, in order to marry.
- former: I managed to track down my former headmistress, Sister Dominic.
- retired: Miss Russell is a an active lady, retired headmistress.
- deputy: While the deputy headmistress of School B believes that out of school tuition is only necessary for those average or wea k pupils.
- old: An example of this came into my hands a couple of years ago, a biography of my old headmistress.
Modifies a noun
- Mrs: After meeting several local dignitaries, the royal couple went on a tour of the school with headmistress Mrs Joan Smith.
Noun used with modifier
- school: Stephanie Ray went on to become, I believe, a school headmistress in her own right.
Possessives
- conference: Professor Chris Woodhead spoke at the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference on " Leadership " .
Preposition: of
- school: The headmistress of the school with the brass chrysanthemums went brilliantly to the heart of the issue.
- girl: Doris recently retired after 18 years as Headmistress of a girls ' grammar school.
- infant: The headmistress of the infants ' school was archetypically maternal; the headmaster of the junior school was avuncular.
headmistress Quotes
She sounded likethe bookof Revelations read out overa railway station public-address system bya headmistress of a certain age wearing calico knickers.
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