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maestra

maestra noun: a female maestro.

Noun

maestra (plural maestras)

  1. A female maestro.
    • “That is fair,” we say of a rhymed page that sounds as if it might have been indited to the fair Caroline and she only. But the maestra curls her lip contemptuously and utters “umph! Pope!” We are shy of gems. If, therefore, we attribute to Moore what rightly belongs to the scribe here recorded...1872, “Editorial Department”, “Album Literature”, in The Ladies’ Repository, a Universalist Monthly Magazine for the Home Circle, volume XLVII, Boston: The Universalist Publishing House, page 392...
    • Four o’clock struck, and I and my young companions were setting out when the maestra stopped us. “Where are you going?” she said; “to hear a sermon? These girls must not go without leave.”[…]The manager used to watch as she passed with her Bible in her hand, and tell her that she must never bring...1874 May 1, “Bible Visits in Madrid”, in L. N. R., editor, The Missing Link Magazine, or Bible Work at Home and Abroad, volume X, London: The Book Society, page 142

Examples of maestra in a sentence

  • But the maestra curls her lip contemptuously and utters “umph!1872, “Editorial Department”, “Album Literature”, in The Ladies’ Repository, a Universalist Monthly Magazine for the Home Circle, volume...
  • Four o’clock struck, and I and my young companions were setting out when the maestra stopped us.1874 May 1, “Bible Visits in Madrid”, in L. N. R., editor, The Missing Link Magazine, or Bible Work at Home and Abroad, volume X, London...
  • The central boys’ school has three native masters and the central girls’ school has two maestras.1901, Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War, page 551:
  • Maestra has forced Katya to do the same taxing routine fourteen times since 7 am.2024, Carter Enslein, “Цикл (Cycle)”, in Joey Knizner, editor, Expressions: St. Xavier High School Literary and Fine Arts Journal, number...

Forms of maestra

pluralmaestras

Origin of maestra

From Italian maestra, female form of maestro.

Questions about maestra

What does maestra mean?
Maestra means a female maestro.
How do you use maestra in a sentence?
But the maestra curls her lip contemptuously and utters “umph!
What part of speech is maestra?
Maestra is a noun.
What is the plural of maestra?
The plural of maestra is maestras.

Words near maestra in the dictionary

  1. Maestas
  2. Maestases
  3. Maesteg
  4. maestoso
  5. maestosos
  6. maestra
  7. maestral
  8. maestrals
  9. maestras
  10. Maestre
  11. Maestres

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