school·marm

(sko͞ol′märm′) also school·ma'am (-mäm′, -măm′)

A woman teacher, especially one who is regarded as strict or old-fashioned.

[school + dialectal marm (variant of ma'am).]

school′marm′ish adj.

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schoolmarm

(ˈskuːlˌmɑːm)

1. a woman schoolteacher, esp when considered to be prim, prudish, or old-fashioned

2. Brit any woman considered to be prim, prudish, or old-fashioned

[C19: from school¹ + marm, variant of ma'am. See madam]

ˈschoolˌmarmish adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

school•marm

(ˈskulˌmɑrm)

n.

a female schoolteacher, esp. an old-fashioned type.

[1835–45, Amer.]

school′marm`ish, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

schoolmarm - a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress

school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level

Translations

schoolmarm

[ˈskuːlmɑːm] N (pej) → institutriz f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

schoolmarm

[ˈskuːlˌmɑːm] n (pej) → maestrina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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References in classic literature

`The Trials of a Country Schoolmarm.' It will be a harrowing bit of realism.

Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make country schoolmarms!

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They got to talkin' 'bout school, for mother has summer-boarded a lot o' the schoolmarms, an' likes 'em.

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Elizabeth's game outlook and willingness to help others make her a winsome schoolmarm who subverts convention.

The Lady and the Highwayman

After the pair rests at the home of Sundances schoolmarm girlfriend, Etta (Katharine Ross), the Gang robs the same train, but this time, the railroad boss has hired the best trackers in the business to foil the crime.

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Suddenly, Kondo, kawaii in her very conservative schoolmarm attire, has become an enemy and agent of evil.

So you're a book lover and don't want to KonMarie your library

The constant thrum of low-grade lies and the media's earnest scramble to debunk and disprove the most significant, which register not at all with the president's Fox News-dependent base (that network still places the entirety of the blame for child separation on Democrats) begins to seem like a tedious exercise, schoolmarm preaching about minutiae whose moment has past.

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Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for her repeated threats to take down the names of countries that rejected Washington's demands, saying that she is not "the schoolmarm of the world."

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What the Cabinet urgently needs is for schoolmarm Theresa May to hurry back from holiday and read the Riot Act to her ministers, ordering them to cease their childish conduct and get on with the job.

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Horseback Schoolmarm: Montana, 1953-1954 is the memoir of Margot Liberty during the year when, as a new graduate of Cornell University, she worked as a rural teacher in a one-room school in eastern Montana.

Horseback Schoolmarm

She's not some old schoolmarm telling you to do your math."

Robot lessons help sick kids learn maths

She describes herself on her Twitter bio as a 'nosey natterer who watches too much TV & talks too much' and during our time together, she hardly seems to pause for breath, but she's friendly and engaging - only switching slightly to schoolmarm mode when we ask if her full name is Gabrielle.

'I'm going to work until I'm - then I might have a day off!' 100; TV presenter Gaby Roslin, 51, on her long career, her passion for good nutrition, and, er, toasters