schoolmarm
a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
Origin of schoolmarm
1- Also schoolma'am.
Other words from schoolmarm
- schoolmarmish, adjective
Words Nearby schoolmarm
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How to use schoolmarm in a sentence
Or Boston's schoolmarm-ish Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which features the grim series, Profiles in Improvement.
Ill stop at the schoolhouse and see the schoolmarm, he said, and ask what is to be done, though I know she will laugh at me.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand“I appreciate your confidence—your telling me of your life,” said the schoolmarm, in lieu of something better.
'Me-Smith' | Caroline LockhartThe schoolmarm scarcely knew what to say; his explanation seemed so entirely satisfactory to himself.
'Me-Smith' | Caroline LockhartIn confusion, “Babe” began to remove his spurs, thereby serving notice upon the schoolmarm that he had “come to set a spell.”
'Me-Smith' | Caroline Lockhart
Susie had felt herself rebuffed, and, like the schoolmarm, Ralston had laughed at her with his eyes.
'Me-Smith' | Caroline Lockhart
British Dictionary definitions for schoolmarm
/ (ˈskuːlˌmɑːm) /
a woman schoolteacher, esp when considered to be prim, prudish, or old-fashioned
British any woman considered to be prim, prudish, or old-fashioned
Origin of schoolmarm
1Derived forms of schoolmarm
- schoolmarmish, adjective
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