Dictionary

headmistress en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compound of head + mistress.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland) A female headteacher.

Forms

Coordinates

headteacher · headmaster

Deriveds

headmistressship · headmistressy · headmistress-ship · headmistressly

Synonyms

principal

Translations (23)

pt diretora (female head teacher) · de Direktorin (female head teacher) · mr मुख्याध्यापिका (female head teacher) · ar مُدِيرَة (female head teacher) · sh ravnatèljica (female head teacher) · gv ard-ven-ynsee (female head teacher) · fi rehtori (female head teacher) · he מנהלת \ מְנַהֶלֶת (female head teacher) · fr proviseuse (lycée) (female head teacher) · da kvindelig rektor (female head teacher) · fr proviseure (female head teacher) · ga ardmháistreás (female head teacher) · gv ard-venainshtyr (female head teacher) · fr directrice (female head teacher) · hi प्राचार्या (female head teacher) · de Rektorin (female head teacher) · sh равнатѐљица (female head teacher) · ru директри́са (female head teacher) · hi मुख्याध्यापिका (female head teacher) · de Schulleiterin (female head teacher) · cy prifathrawes (female head teacher) · pl dyrektorka (female head teacher) · hu igazgatónő (female head teacher)