schoolmarm
(by extension) Someone who acts like a schoolmarm; a person acting harsh and stern.
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(by extension) Someone who acts like a schoolmarm; a person acting harsh and stern.
I never thought of [my granfather] as "colorful." Matter of fact, he was an unsavory old coot - not a good influence for a growing boy by the standards of those times. Mmm, there was something about a young schoolmarm and him in the town…
“If racism has been given new life it's because of dullards like you who have gone out of your way to brand the children of white Millennials as hopeless racists, who make Bull Connor look like a Victorian schoolmarm.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, slang) A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict.
The schoolmarm came to an abrupt stop in her arithmetic quizzing, her face set into a pruny scowl that looked to be permanent.
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(forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.
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