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Meaning of instructress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ɪnˈstɹʌktɹɪs/

Definitions

A female instructor.

dated

Examples

“[…] 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 […].”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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