headmistress

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From head + mistress

[edit] Synonyms

headteacher (UK, gender-neutral)
principal (US, gender-neutral)

[edit] Noun

headmistress (plural headmistresses)

(chiefly UK) A female school principal.

[edit] Translations

female head teacher

Bosnian: ravnateljica (bs) f.
Croatian: ravnateljica (hr) f.
Finnish: rehtori (fi) f.
German: Schulleiterin (de) f., Rekorin (de) f., Direktorin (de) f.

Manx: ard-ven-ynsee (gv) f., ard-venainshtyr (gv) m.
Serbian: ravnateljica (sr) f.
Welsh: prifathrawes (cy) f.

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