pedagoguette

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pedagogue +‎ -ette

Noun[edit]

pedagoguette (plural pedagoguettes)

  1. (nonce word) A schoolmistress.
    • 1935, Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading:
      […] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]
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