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Wild Child also stars Emma Roberts and Natasha Richardson in a tale of what happens when teenage California native Poppy (Roberts) is shipped off to boarding school in England, where Richardson plays the headmistress.
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Alex Ross, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Marilee is headmistress of a private girls’ school in Baltimore where Gail has been assistant head for 11 years.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025
Jonathan Bailey also stars as Fiyero, Ethan Slater as munchkin Boq, Michelle Yeoh as headmistress Madame Morrible, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond and Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Neither the stage production nor the musical can do much with the melodramatic Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz who becomes a key player in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’s fascist machinations.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Alex Ross, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Marilee is headmistress of a private girls’ school in Baltimore where Gail has been assistant head for 11 years.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025
Jonathan Bailey also stars as Fiyero, Ethan Slater as munchkin Boq, Michelle Yeoh as headmistress Madame Morrible, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond and Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Neither the stage production nor the musical can do much with the melodramatic Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz who becomes a key player in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’s fascist machinations.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
Noun
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Jordan plays Miss Bonita, a pretty teacher who has caught the attention of Cory (Kyle Massey).—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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A week before, a Meridian teacher’s posters drew local and national headlines, according to previous Statesman reporting.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2024
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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
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Deadline broke the news that Lithgow was posed to portray the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts in the TV series adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s fantasy novels.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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Deadline first reported that John Lithgow was nearing final talks for the role of Albus Dumbledore, the aloof yet powerful headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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The search for a missing schoolmarm is the focus of an escape room experience at the Lanesfield School, a historic one-room schoolhouse in Edgerton.—
Beth Lipoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2025
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University deans, schoolmarms and human resources managers penned dress codes outright forbidding the garment or relegating it to certain areas.—
The Conversation,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2023
Noun
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This submissiveness in the teen-aged mistress Cassidy has found addictive, like a narcotic.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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After long being recognized as a mistress, the now 77-year-old was eager to enjoy a quieter life without the scrutiny.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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She was born in 1947, the daughter of a schoolteacher and the famous novelist Osamu Dazai.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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My entry in the writing contest caused a scandal among the schoolteachers.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The instructor, Thiago, told the Trial Guy to straddle a young blue belt named Eric, who began to teach him some moves from the mount.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The second case was a ski instructor, Daniel, who lived in Montchavin and had a chalet near Les Coches, a ski village five minutes up a switchback road by car.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Martin’s separation with the school district, effective immediately, comes after she and two former special education educators at Millsap Elementary School, 44-year-old Jennifer Dale and 25-year-old Paxton Bean, were arrested last week.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2025
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An Ohio teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a student's family reported that the educator showed up at their home to demand missing homework.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Headmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistress. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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