schoolmarm
See also: school-marm
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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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.
- 2013, Josh Rountree, Lon Prater, Alamo Rising
- The schoolmarm came to an abrupt stop in her arithmetic quizzing, her face set into a pruny scowl that looked to be permanent.
- 2013, Josh Rountree, Lon Prater, Alamo Rising
- 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.