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Definition of Instructress
1. Noun. A woman instructor.
Definition of Instructress
1. n. A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
Definition of Instructress
1. Noun. A female instructor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instructress
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Medical Definition of Instructress
1. A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instructress
Literary usage of Instructress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Star of the Salons, Julie de Lespinasse by Camilla Jebb (1908)
"CHAPTER II THE HEROINE AS instructress CHAM FROND, the estate from which Gaspard
de Vichy derived his title of count, was situated on the northern frontier ..."
2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"Before reaching this point England becomes the home of Christian propagandist!!
and the instructress of the Teutonic races. — At the death of Bede, ..."
3. The American Journal of Education and College Review by Absalom Peters, Henry Barnard, Samuel Sidwell Randall (1830)
"There is a private infant school established at Augusta, Miss Chase the instructress —
and doing well. There is another at Winthrop, eleven miles from ..."
4. Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times by Georgiana Hill (1896)
"... of Lady Artists—Women as musicians—Composers in the first half of the
century—Queen Victoria's pianoforte instructress—The musical amateur. ..."
5. The Man of Iron by Richard Dehan (1915)
"Juliette responded: "Dear Madame, that lady is not my instructress. She is the
excellent Madame Tessier, my grandmother's oldest friend. ..."
6. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1833)
"A colored girl, who availed herself of this opportunity to gain instruction, was
warned out of town, and fined for not complying ; and the instructress was ..."
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