headmistress

noun

A woman who is in charge of a school.

Example sentence

“The headmistress called a meeting with the new teachers.”

Like headmaster, increasingly replaced by 'head teacher' or 'head' in Britain. In fiction the word carries a whiff of strict boarding-school discipline.

education

Related words

facultyThe teachers and researchers of a school, college, or university, as distinct from its students and support workers.headmasterA man who is in charge of a school.deanA senior official in certain churches, ranking below a bishop and heading a group of canons.lecturerSomeone whose job, often at a university, is to give talks that teach a subject.undergraduateA university student who is still working toward their first degree.educatorSomeone whose work is teaching others, especially a person known for it.