schoolmarm
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈskuːlˌmɑrm/
- Archaic
:
maestra
- The new teacher was seen as a schoolmarm because of her strict rules and traditional methods.
- an old schoolmarm
- the image of a schoolmarm
Examples
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Nothing so touched his heart as the warmth of the small town, the importance of the schoolmarm, the daily struggles of the farmer, and the small businessperson.
Academic text (1992) -
So spare me the schoolmarm attitude.
Blog text (24) -
I just wanted to get past this old schoolmarm image.
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Uh, she moved to town a couple years ago to take over the schoolmarm job.
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I am not a schoolmarm.
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Am I a New England schoolmarm?
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But no one likes a schoolmarm.
Blog text (17) -
Yes, I'm the new schoolmarm.
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She was an old schoolmarm.
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The rebuke, though not above a whisper, was delivered in the severe tone of a schoolmarm.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
82
1.0
A person who helps children or teenagers learn at school
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1.0
A person who works at a school and helps children learn
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8.9
A woman who teaches in a school and is often strict
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6.7
A woman who teaches at a school and is often strict
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9.9
A friendly name for a woman teacher used by students
A female teacher who is strict and old-fashioned
Antonyms
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word schoolmarm comes from joining school and ma'am, said like marm, with ma'am meaning 'madam' or 'older woman'. So it makes the image of a 'school madam', a strict, old-fashioned woman teacher, which is why the word means a strict or traditional woman teacher.