SCHOOLMARM

schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress

(noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

schoolmarm (plural schoolmarms)

(US, slang) A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe and/or a spinster.

A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.

(forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.

Source: Wiktionary



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