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Schoolmarm

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Noun

1. mistress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress

a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Schoolmarm

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noun informal

1.

a woman schoolteacher, esp when considered to be prim, prudish, or old-fashioned

2. British

any woman considered to be prim, prudish, or old-fashioned

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Schoolmarm

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noun

1. OLD-FASHIONED

a woman schoolteacher

2. Informal

any person whose attitudes and behavior resemble those often attributed to schoolmarms, as pedantry, priggishness, or prudishness

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Schoolmarm

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n.

A woman teacher, especially one who is regarded as strict or old-fashioned.

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