dominie
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In 1966, she took over from Vanessa Redgrave as Muriel Spark's mind-bending dominie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Wyndham's theatre.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2011
"The clothes you make for your marionettes are not bad," said the dominie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then one day the dominie came calling to ask why Harry had not been in school for quite a while.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Fitch, a shrill-voiced and bony-handed woman, taught her the words of hymns, while the dominie, who had been a drummer in the Civil War, instructed her in music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Walter Smith has told in a poem mentioned elsewhere of the brilliant scholar who forgot his dominie; some, alas! forget their mother.
From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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