Headmaster
Headmaster noun - Presiding officer of a school.
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Synonyms for Headmaster
Mistress and headmaster are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mistress" instead a noun "Headmaster".
Mistress
Mistress noun - A female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship.
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Synonyms for Mistress
Headmaster and mistress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Headmaster" instead a noun "Mistress".
Nearby Word: mister
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Related pairs
- master and headmaster
- master and mistress
- principal and headmaster
- principal and mistress
- head and headmaster
- head and mistress
- leader and headmaster
- leader and mistress
- chief and headmaster
- chief and mistress
- director and headmaster
- director and mistress
- superintendent and headmaster
- superintendent and mistress
Both words in one sentence
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Of course, this is all just part of a plot by the headmaster and mistress to literally scare the wife to death.
Source: Spooky Photographs - Anyone who's read 18th century literature has snickered at phrases like "he wanted the punishment of a headmaster" or "she wanted her mistress's soft hands".
Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Literature - In Les Diaboliques, the school headmaster's face appears in a window in a class photo taken after his wife and mistress have supposedly drowned him in a bathtub.
Source: Spooky Photographs
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