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schoolma'am

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school⋅ma'am

  [skool-mam, -mahm]
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–noun
schoolmarm.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; school 1 + ma'am

school⋅marm

  [skool-mahrm]
–noun Older Use.
a female schoolteacher, esp. of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
Also, schoolma'am.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; var. of schoolma'am

Related forms:
schoolmarmish, adjective
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school·ma'am   (skōōl'mäm', -mām')   
n.  Variant of schoolmarm.
school·marm   (skōōl'märm')   
n.  A woman teacher, especially one who is regarded as strict or old-fashioned.

[school1 + dialectal marm (variant of ma'am).]
school'marm'ish adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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