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instructoress

instructoress is the alternative form of instructress.

Meaning of instructress

Noun

instructress (plural instructresses)

  1. (dated) A female instructor.
    • […] you must allow me to look upon you as my Scholar, in one Sense; as my Companion, in another; and as my Instructress, in a third.1741, Samuel Richardson, letter VI, in Pamela, Volume IV, page 38
    Synonyms:
    instructrix

Forms of instructoress

pluralinstructoresses

Origin of instructoress

From instructor + -ess.

Questions about instructoress

What is instructoress the alternative form of?
Instructoress is the alternative form of instructress.

Words near instructoress in the dictionary

  1. instructivism
  2. instructivist
  3. instructological
  4. instructology
  5. instructor
  6. instructoress
  7. instructoresses
  8. instructorial
  9. instructories
  10. instructorish
  11. instructors

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