Meanings
nounteacheress (plural teacheresses)
plural teacheresses · alternative teachress
- archaic except IndiaA female teacher.
The plan of the Teacheress to erect a large building for us, and to educate our daughters, pleases us exceedingly, and we send fifteen rupees to assist the Teacheress in providing for them.
1858 August, a letter to Mrs. Mason, quotee, “Christians in Burmah”, in The Wesleyan Junior Offering
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Origin
- Middle Englishtecheresse
- Englishteacheress
From Middle English techeresse, equivalent to teacher + -ess.
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Arabic مُدَرِّسَة
- مُدَرِّسَة (mudarrisa)female teacher
Bulgarian учи́телка, преподава́телка
- учи́телка (učítelka)female teacher
- преподава́телка (prepodavátelka)female teacher
Esperanto instruistino
- instruistinofemale teacher
Finnish opettajatar
- opettajatarfemale teacher
Persian معلمه
- معلمه (mo'alleme)female teacher
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