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schoolmarm

/ˈskulˌmɑɹm/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe and/or a spinster.
  2. A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.
  3. A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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