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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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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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