Pedagoguette

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A schoolmistress. nonce-word

    "[…] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]"

Synonyms

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schoolmistress

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"[…] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]"

Etymology

From pedagogue + -ette.

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