"headmistress" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-headmistress.wav Forms: headmistresses [plural]
Etymology: Compound of head + mistress. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|head|mistress}} Compound of head + mistress Head templates: {{en-noun}} headmistress (plural headmistresses)
  1. (chiefly Commonwealth, Ireland) A female headteacher. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: principal Derived forms: headmistress-ship, headmistressship (alt: cf. skulllike versus skull-like) [rare] Translations (female head teacher): مُدِيرَة (mudīra) [feminine] (Arabic), kvindelig rektor [common-gender] (Danish), rehtori [feminine, masculine] (Finnish), directrice [feminine] (French), proviseure [feminine] (French), proviseuse (lycée) [feminine] (French), Schulleiterin [feminine] (German), Rektorin [feminine] (German), Direktorin [feminine] (German), מנהלת \ מְנַהֶלֶת (menahélet) [feminine] (Hebrew), igazgatónő (Hungarian), ardmháistreás [feminine] (Irish), ard-ven-ynsee [feminine] (Manx), ard-venainshtyr [masculine] (Manx), मुख्याध्यापिका (mukhyādhyāpikā) [feminine] (Marathi), dyrektorka [feminine] (Polish), diretora [feminine] (Portuguese), директри́са (direktrísa) [feminine] (Russian), равнатѐљица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ravnatèljica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prifathrawes [feminine] (Welsh)

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