[ noun ] a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) <noun.person>
Schoolmistress \School"mis`tress\, n. A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.
Downmarket, Jackie Collins oozes ripe glamour; upmarket Anita Brookner is fading, but still has the air of an arch schoolmistress at whose feet one would gladly sit.