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a female nurse in a school

old-fashioned for

a woman who is in charge of female prisoners

a married woman, especially one who is old or a widow (= a woman whose husband has died)

a married woman who is old enough and of a high enough social class to have the respect of others

a woman who is in charge of women or children at a hospital, police station, prison, or school