Instructress
[in'strʌktris]
Definition
(n.) A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
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Examples
- Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We will endeavour to do our duty by her, and she will, at least, have the advantage of companions of her own age, and of a regular instructress. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Neither Winifred nor her instructress had any social grace. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I liked to learn of her: I saw the part of instructress pleased and suited her; that of scholar pleased and suited me no less. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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