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Rareschoolmarm
The correct spelling is schoolmarm.
How to pronounce schoolmarm
/ˈskulˌmɑɹm/
nounIPA: /ˈskulˌmɑɹm/
Say it like: Sch-ool-mar-m
The correct spelling is schoolmarm. A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe and/or a spinster.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe and/or a spinster.
- 2.A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.
- 3.A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.
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