Usually means: Principal in charge of school.
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  1. headmistress: Merriam-Webster
  2. headmistress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. headmistress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. headmistress: Collins English Dictionary
  5. headmistress: Vocabulary.com
  6. Headmistress, headmistress: Wordnik
  7. headmistress: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. headmistress: Wiktionary
  9. headmistress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. headmistress: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. headmistress: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. headmistress: Dictionary.com
  13. Headmistress: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. headmistress: Rhymezone
  15. headmistress: FreeDictionary.org
  16. headmistress: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. headmistress: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. headmistress: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  (chiefly Commonwealth, Ireland) A female headteacher.

Similar:
headmaster, schoolmistress, head, headmistress-ship, headship, administress, principal, headteacher, housemaster, house master, more...

Opposite:
headmaster, principal, director

Types:
severe, lenient, benevolent, authoritarian, tyrannical, more...

Adjectives:
first, new, former, old, retired, assistant, present, english, late, good, young

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Similar:
headmaster, schoolmistress, head, headmistress-ship, headship, administress, principal, headteacher, housemaster, house master, more...

Opposite:
headmaster, principal, director

Types:
severe, lenient, benevolent, authoritarian, tyrannical, more...

Adjectives:
first, new, former, old, retired, assistant, present, english, late, good, young



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