schoolmistresses
Women teaching students
Schoolmistresses is the plural of schoolmistress, a woman who teaches at or runs a school.
The term sounds old-fashioned now, evoking strict Victorian educators: The schoolmistresses lined up their charges for inspection.
Modern usage favors gender-neutral terms like teacher or principal.
Female school principal
- teacherOne who instructs others
- educatorOne who imparts knowledge
- governessPrivate household teacher
- instructressFemale teacher
pedagogue · tutor · principal · faculty · staff · classroom · lesson · curriculum
Of a prim era
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
- spinsterUnmarried older woman
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
inkwell · penmanship · decorum · etiquette · corset · chalkboard · bell · primer
Trained self-control or specialty
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- rulerOne who governs
- detentionTemporary official holding
- scoldingHarsh verbal criticism
reprimand · supervision · rules · order · obedience · punishment · correction · standards
- BronteVictorian literary surname
- MatildaFemale name, strength-in-combat meaning
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
Miss Honey · caricature · novel · fiction · character · prim · formidable · bespectacled
headmistress
Female school principal
instructress · pedagogue · tutor · principal · faculty · staff · classroom · lesson · curriculum · teaching
Victorian
Of a prim era
slate · inkwell · penmanship · decorum · etiquette · corset · chalkboard · bell · primer · recitation
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- rulerOne who governs
- detentionTemporary official holding
scolding · reprimand · supervision · rules · order · obedience · punishment · correction · standards · expectations
Jane Eyre
- BronteVictorian literary surname
- MatildaFemale name, strength-in-combat meaning
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
Miss Honey · stereotype · caricature · novel · fiction · character · prim · formidable · bespectacled · bun
- education historyeducation reforms, educational reforms, medieval universities, educational policies, schoolmarm
- Victorian educatorsgovernesses, headmasters, tutors
schoolmistressespupils
Students or eye openings
schoolchildren · students · schoolgirls · schoolboys · learners