Necessity is a stern but an excellent schoolmistress.
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Schoolmistress
Synonyms for "schoolmistress" (21 found)
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Noun(5 words)
Related words (10)
Noun(10 words)
lady teachermistressobsolete termprincipalschool headschoolma'amschoolmarmschoolmarmsschoolteacherteacher
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12 entriesadult femaleeducation professionaleducational administratoreducatorlinguistic labeloccupational termschool administratorschool teacherschoolteacherteacherterm of addresswoman
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10 entriesarchaic labelclass teacherclassroom roledated labelheadmistresshistorical terminstructorperiod termstereotyped labeltutor
Collocations
6 entriesschoolmistress authorityschoolmistress dutiesschoolmistress positionschoolmistress roleschoolmistress statusschoolmistress title
Inflections
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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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