instructress
- noun
- /ɪnˈstrʌktrəs/
- Archaic
:
instructora
- Many students admired the teaching style of their dedicated instructress.
Examples
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It was at this exhibition that the most important Chinese painting in the collection, the Admonitions of the Court Instructress scroll, was first publicly showcased.
Academic text (2005) -
She's one of our best instructresses.
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I'll find you another instructress.
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Have you any preference as to the type of instructress you'd like?
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Ivana Trump had been his instructress on the mono.
Fiction book (1990) -
I had never envisioned myself as an instructress in the arts of love, but I had to admit to myself that the role held certain attractions.
Fiction book (1991) -
Scene 12, the instructress inscribing her admonitions (MS).
Academic text (2005) -
The satisfied and dedicated instructress Lavonia has opened up broad new vistas of athletic endeavor for her gratified student.
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The object in question is a painting transcription of the Admonitions of the Court Instructress picture scroll (Chinese: Nshi zhen tujuan, Fig. 1), one of the treasures in the British Museum.
Academic text (2005) -
She learned a lot from her inspiring instructress at the music academy.
Synonyms
221
2.9
A person who teaches a subject or skill in a class
3
9.9
A school teacher in old British English
3
8.2
A teacher who teaches children and young people, often strict or formal
1
9.9
A friendly name for a woman teacher used by students
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9.9
A person who likes to teach and often gives too many details
A female teacher who is strict and old-fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word instructress comes from instruct ('to teach') plus the female ending -ess, a bit like actress or waitress. So it originally meant a woman who teaches, though today the word sounds old-fashioned.