Necessity is a stern but an excellent schoolmistress.
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Schoolmistress
Synonyms for "schoolmistress" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
Basque
1 entries- andereño noun (woman in charge of a school)
Catalan
2 entries- mestressa noun (woman in charge of a school)
- mestressa noun (woman in charge of a school)
Finnish
1 entries- rehtori noun (woman in charge of a school)
Greek
1 entries- καθηγήτρια noun (woman in charge of a school)
Norman
1 entries- maitrêsse d'êcole noun (woman in charge of a school)
Sample sentences
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I refer to the Labiate family,—a family to which the lavenders, the mints, the thymes, and the hyssops belong, with basil, rosemary, and marjoram,—all plants of "gray renown," as he happily remarks in his description of the herbal of his "Schoolmistress."
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