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Definition of housemistress noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

housemistress

noun
 
/ˈhaʊsmɪstrəs/
 
/ˈhaʊsmɪstrəs/
(especially British English)
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  1. a female teacher in charge of a group of children, (called a house), in a school, especially a private school
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