SCHOOLMARM


Meaning of SCHOOLMARM in English

— schoolmarmish , adj.

/skoohl"mahrm'/ , n. Older Use.

a female schoolteacher, esp. of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.

Also, schoolma'am .

[ 1835-45, Amer.; var. of SCHOOLMA'AM ]

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