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• headmistressship (rare)

Noun

headmistress-ship ‎(plural headmistress-ships)

1. 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.

2. The tenure of a headmistress.

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