What does instructress mean?
Instructress means (dated) A female instructor..
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/ɪnˈstɹʌktɹɪs/ · noun
(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.
After a short pause Sir Thomas added with dignity, "Yes, let her home be in this house. We will endeavour to do our duty by her, and she will at least have the advantage of companions of her own age, and of a regular instructress."
If she knew her instructress was poor and queer she also knew she was not nearly so ‘qualified’ as Miss Overmore, who could say lots of dates straight off […].
Use instructress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Instructress means (dated) A female instructor..
Common synonyms include instructrix.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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.
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