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Noun: schoolmarm  'skool,maarm
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: schoolmistress)
  1. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
    - schoolma'am [N. Amer], schoolmistress, mistress

Derived forms: schoolmarms

Type of: school teacher, schoolie [Austral, informal], schoolteacher

Encyclopedia: Schoolmarm

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