Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bandmistress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: band-mistress
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conductor, leader, or musical director of a band.

Example Sentences

"One of the Sisters is Superior, and she is assisted in the government by bandmistresses chosen from among the elder members, whose duty it is to watch lovingly and carefully over the members of their bands."
"One is constantly seeing advertisements of missing bags, and purses, and lockets, and jewellery, dogs, and sometimes children, but never a lost bandmistress!"
"Past us marched a female band in white, a female bandmistress at the fore."

Etymology

From band + mistress.

Inflected Forms

bandmistresses (plural)

Questions

What does bandmistress mean?: The conductor, leader, or musical director of a band.
Where does bandmistress come from?: From band + mistress.

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