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/skoohl"mam', -mahm'/, n.schoolmarm.[1825-35, Amer.; SCHOOL1 + MA'AM]
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schoolma'am
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Schoolma'am — School ma am, n. A schoolmistress. [Colloq.U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
schoolma'am — noun see schoolmarm … New Collegiate Dictionary
schoolma'am — noun schoolmarm … Wiktionary
schoolma'am — school·marm || skuËlmÉ‘rm / mÉ‘Ëm n. female schoolteacher, female instructor (esp. a strict one) … English contemporary dictionary
schoolma'am — school·ma am … English syllables
schoolma'am — noun a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) • Syn: ↑schoolmarm, ↑schoolmistress, ↑mistress • Hypernyms: ↑schoolteacher, ↑school teacher * * * noun see sch … Useful english dictionary
schoolma'ams — school·marm || skuËlmÉ‘rm / mÉ‘Ëm n. female schoolteacher, female instructor (esp. a strict one) … English contemporary dictionary
schoolmarm — schoolmarmish, adj. /skoohl mahrm /, n. Older Use. a female schoolteacher, esp. of the old time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish. Also, schoolma am. [1835 45, Amer.; var. of SCHOOLMA AM] * * * … Universalium
schoolmarm — or schoolma am noun Etymology: school + marm, alteration of ma am Date: 1831 1. a woman who is a schoolteacher especially in a rural or small town school 2. a person who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers (as strict adherence… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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