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