Instructress

//ɪnˈstɹʌktɹɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female instructor. dated

    "[…] you must allow me to look upon you as my Scholar, in one Sense; as my Companion, in another; and as my Instructress, in a third."

  2. 2
    a woman instructor wordnet

Synonyms

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dameduennagovernessinstructrixmistresstutoress

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"[…] you must allow me to look upon you as my Scholar, in one Sense; as my Companion, in another; and as my Instructress, in a third."

Etymology

From instructor + -ess.

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