"headmistress" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-headmistress.wav [Southern-England] Forms: headmistresses [plural], headmaster [masculine]
Etymology: head + mistress Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|mistress}} head + mistress Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|headmistresses|masculine|headmaster}} headmistress (plural headmistresses, masculine headmaster)
  1. (chiefly British, Ireland) A female school principal. Tags: British, Ireland Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: headteacher [UK, gender-neutral], principal [US, gender-neutral] Derived forms: headmistress-ship Translations (female head teacher): مُدِيرَة (mudīra) [feminine] (Arabic), kvindelig rektor [common-gender] (Danish), rehtori [feminine] (Finnish), directrice [feminine] (French), proviseure [feminine] (French), proviseuse (lycée) [feminine] (French), Schulleiterin [feminine] (German), Rektorin [feminine] (German), Direktorin [feminine] (German), מְנַהֶלֶת (menahélet) [masculine] (Hebrew), igazgatónő (Hungarian), ardmháistreás [feminine] (Irish), ard-ven-ynsee [feminine] (Manx), ard-venainshtyr [masculine] (Manx), dyrektorka [feminine] (Polish), diretora [feminine] (Portuguese), директри́са (direktrísa) [feminine] (Russian), равнатѐљица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ravnatèljica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prifathrawes [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "female head teacher",
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