marm
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- noun
- Archaic
:
maestra
- Jesus, I sound like a sixth grade school marm.
- a school marm
Examples
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The students adore their marm for her engaging lessons and friendly demeanor.
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The church, the school, That school marm's salary!
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That school marm
Fiction book (1998) -
And maybe we don't need self-appointed online school-marms to help them forget that fact, mkay, buddy?
Blog text (31) -
Now, everyone be quiet... ...whilst we listen to Harriett Van Johnson... ...our esteemed school marm, as she reads a telegram... ...that she herself has composed to the governor... ...expressing our feelings... ...about the new sheriff.
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Our new math teacher is a lovely marm who always encourages us.
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Every Friday, the marm treats her class to extra art supplies for their projects.
Synonyms
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A person who helps children or teenagers learn at school
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A person who works at a school and helps children learn
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A woman who teaches in a school and is often strict
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A woman schoolteacher who is strict and seen as old-fashioned
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A school teacher in old British English
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A woman who teaches at a school and is often strict
A female teacher who is strict and old-fashioned
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marm for a schoolteacher comes from the same polite family: madam became ma'am and then marm, and it may also echo mam or mama, words for 'mother'. So pupils used marm as a warm or familiar way to call their teacher.