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schoolmarm Definition

school·marm (sko̵̅o̅lmärm′, -mäm′)

noun

  1. Old-fashioned a woman schoolteacher
  2. Informal any person whose attitudes and behavior resemble those often attributed to schoolmarms, as pedantry, priggishness, or prudishness

schoolmarm Related Forms

school·marm′·ish adjective