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headmistress definition

head·mistress (-mis′tris)

noun

in certain schools, esp. private schools for girls, the woman in charge of the school; principal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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