School-mistress

  • 1school mistress — noun (C) especially BrE a female teacher, especially in a private school (=one that parents pay to send their children to) …

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  • 2Adversity is a great school-mistress, as many a poor fellow knows, that hath whimpered over his less… — Adversity is a great school mistress, as many a poor fellow knows, that hath whimpered over his lesson before her awfull chair. См. Беды человека научают мудрости …

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  • 3Mistress Fortune — Cover of the original Japanese volume featuring Kisaki and Giniro 絶対覚醒天使ミストレス☆フォーチュン (Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Misutoresu Fōchun) …

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  • 4Mistress — may refer to: Mistress (lover), a woman, other than the spouse, with whom a married individual has a continuing sexual relationship Schoolmistress, or female school teacher (also called a schoolmarm ). The term is now obsolete in the UK; see… …

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  • 5Mistress — Mis tress, n. [OE. maistress, OF. maistresse, F. ma[^i]tresse, LL. magistrissa, for L. magistra, fem. of magister. See {Master}, {Mister}, and cf. {Miss} a young woman.] 1. A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises… …

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  • 6Mistress (1987 film) — Mistress is a 1987 made for TV movie starring Victoria Principal as Rae Colton, a beautiful woman in her middle thirties who is having an affair with a rich, married man named Wyn Brooks (Don Murray). Synopsis Rae had originally came to Hollywood …

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  • 7Mistress Pamela — is a 1974 British drama film directed by Jim O Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Julian Barnes, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp. It was based on the 1740 novel Pamela by Samuel Richardson.[1][2] Cast Ann Michelle Pamela Andrews… …

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  • 8Mistress Masham's Repose — (1946) is a novel by T. H. White that describes the adventures of a girl who discovers a group of Lilliputians, a race of tiny people from Jonathan Swift s satirical classic Gulliver s Travels. The story is set in Northamptonshire, England,… …

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  • 9Mistress — (engl., spr. missis, »Herrin, Gebieterin«), Prädikat verheirateter Frauen, die nicht den Titel Lady (s. d.) führen. Heiratet eine Lady einen titellosen Herrn (Mister), so verbleibt ihr für ihre Person der Titel Lady. In der förmlichen Sprache,… …

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  • 10School Sisters of Notre Dame —     School Sisters of Notre Dame     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► School Sisters of Notre Dame     A religious community devoted to education. In the United Sates they have conducted parish schools and orphanages in numerous archdioceses and… …

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