noun
or school·ma'am R ˈ ̷ ̷ˌmä(r)m, - R -ˌmȧm, R & -R -ˌmam, -ˌmaa(ə)m
( -s )
1. : a woman schoolteacher especially in an old-type rural or small-town school
the New England schoolmarm of 50 years ago
2. : a person either male or female who exhibits characteristics (as pedantry and priggishness) popularly attributed to schoolteachers
the Puritan schoolmarms who once kept the tang of the city streets out of our … language — Edgar Kemler
3.
a. : a forked tree
b. : a log cut from the fork of such a tree