headmistress-ship

See also: headmistressship

English

Alternative forms

headmistressship (rare)

Etymology

From headmistress +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: hĕd'mĭsʹtrĭs.shĭp, IPA^(key): /ˌhɛdˈmɪs.tɹɪs.ʃɪp/

Noun

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

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

Translations

the state or position of being a headmistress

Manx: ard-venainshtyraght f

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