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Recent Examples of schoolmistress
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.
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Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
The inspiration for Jean Brodie was a charismatic schoolmistress called Christina Kay.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 28 July 2020
The home above was empty, except for the small cry of a little girl (who had just received a good-night kiss but didn’t want to go to sleep), and the shadow of a hoop skirt, like a black devil in a perverse schoolmistress’s ankle boots.
—Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
Usually, one schoolmistress declares her love to another and is rebuffed.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
FacebookTwitterPinterest 1/12On a walk with school-mates and a schoolmistress, London, 1957.From Bettmann/Getty Images.
—Vanity Fair, Vanities, 28 Mar. 2017
Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
—Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
The inspiration for Jean Brodie was a charismatic schoolmistress called Christina Kay.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 28 July 2020
The home above was empty, except for the small cry of a little girl (who had just received a good-night kiss but didn’t want to go to sleep), and the shadow of a hoop skirt, like a black devil in a perverse schoolmistress’s ankle boots.
—Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
Usually, one schoolmistress declares her love to another and is rebuffed.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
FacebookTwitterPinterest 1/12On a walk with school-mates and a schoolmistress, London, 1957.From Bettmann/Getty Images.
—Vanity Fair, Vanities, 28 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmistress
Noun
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Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Green plays Miss Peregrine, the headmistress of a hidden school that protects children with unusual abilities.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Kaukauna Area School District released a statement on Monday saying it had been made aware of the post and that Meyer, who has worked as a teacher in the district for more than 20 years, had been placed on administrative leave.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Mata and other teachers said Soliz was unable to answer questions about how the chart was created, including grade levels and how many students were included in the data.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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Harford County Council member and schoolteacher Jacob Bennett will return to the classroom after an investigation by Child Protective Services found a complaint against him was unsubstantiated.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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In America, Vidala was a schoolteacher named Vivian.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This, to Newsom, is being strong; the right are the fainthearted schoolmarms now.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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The actors sprang to life, staging a lurid scene in which an evil mistress named Selina frames the heroine for killing her unborn child.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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In his intro to this reissue, Geoff Dyer called Lemann a mistress of vibes.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The struggle inspired a young Newcastle schoolmaster named Thomas Spence to develop the world’s first basic income proposal.—
Will Glovinsky,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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The chapter recently held an alumni meeting at the residence of the headmaster of a local private high school.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The child's parent first reported the incident to the school's assistant headmaster later that afternoon.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Schoolmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmistress. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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