noun
Meaning 1
A female headteacher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: principal
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
headmistress
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
a woman headmaster
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: principal, school principal, head teacher, head
History
Etymology
Compound of head + mistress.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُدِيرَة (mudīra) — female head teacher
- Danish: kvindelig rektor — female head teacher
- Finnish: rehtori — female head teacher
- French: directrice — female head teacher
- French: proviseure — female head teacher
- French: proviseuse (lycée) — female head teacher
- German: Schulleiterin — female head teacher
- German: Rektorin — female head teacher
- German: Direktorin — female head teacher
- Hebrew: מנהלת \ מְנַהֶלֶת (menahélet) — female head teacher
- Hindi: प्राचार्या (prācāryā) — female head teacher
- Hindi: मुख्याध्यापिका (mukhyādhyāpikā) — female head teacher
- Hungarian: igazgatónő — female head teacher
- Irish: ardmháistreás — female head teacher
- Manx: ard-ven-ynsee — female head teacher
- Manx: ard-venainshtyr — female head teacher
- Marathi: मुख्याध्यापिका (mukhyādhyāpikā) — female head teacher
- Polish: dyrektorka — female head teacher
- Portuguese: diretora — female head teacher
- Russian: директри́са (direktrísa) — female head teacher
- Serbo-Croatian: равнатѐљица — female head teacher
- Serbo-Croatian: ravnatèljica — female head teacher
- Welsh: prifathrawes — female head teacher
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