Instructress: alternatives and connections

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over th…

An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag.

An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.

A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman.

One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or…

A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess.

By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.

A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates.

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.

A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.

A governess.

the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in; "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three"

A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.