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In`struct´ress
n.1.A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
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Noun1.instructress - a woman instructor
instructor, teacher - a person whose occupation is teaching
Translations
instructress [ɪnˈstrʌktrɪs] N → instructora f
dance instructress → profesora f de baile
instructress
n (also Sport) → Lehrerin f; (US) → Dozentin f; (Mil) → Ausbilderin f
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Yet it must have been that most of our forebears were the pupils of these frivolous instructresses, and were raised on the folk tales, gossip, and stories that the "old wives" purveyed.
Concepts of childhood: what we know and where we might go by King, Margaret L. / Renaissance Quarterly
Byline: MIKE ROBERTS THINK of the equestrian scene and various conservative images spring to mind: genteel hacks, spirited eventing, scary instructresses and Thelwell's cosy world of pony clubs 'n' pratfalls.
Your horse can lead you astray by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
This kind of enterprise was supported by a striking number of male intellectuals, who were finding it increasingly difficult to reconcile women's seclusion with the models of learned instructresses they found in the records of the past.
Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century by Carlitz, Katherine / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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