Definition of "instructress"
instructress
/ɪnˈstɹʌktɹɪs/
noun
plural instructresses
(dated) A female instructor.
Quotations
After a short pause Sir Thomas added with dignity, "Yes, let her home be in this house. We will endeavour to do our duty by her, and she will at least have the advantage of companions of her own age, and of a regular instructress."
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], page 15