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headmistress-ships

headmistress-ships is the plural of headmistress-ship.

Meaning of headmistress-ship

Noun

headmistress-ship (countable and uncountable, plural headmistress-ships)

  1. The position of a headmistress.
    • Under the headmistressship of the late Miss Ruth Lim the school progressed steadily and by 1941 the enrolment was at 200 pupils.1965, Seng Ong Ho, Methodist Schools in Malaysia: Their Record and History, Board of Education, page 309
  2. The tenure of a headmistress.

Questions about headmistress-ships

What is headmistress-ships the plural of?
Headmistress-ships is the plural of headmistress-ship.

Words near headmistress-ships in the dictionary

  1. headmate
  2. headmates
  3. headmen
  4. headmistress
  5. headmistress-ship
  6. headmistress-ships
  7. headmistresses
  8. headmistressly
  9. headmistressship
  10. headmistressships
  11. headmistressy

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