schoolmarm

school·marm

noun \-ˌmä(r)m\

: a woman who teaches in a school in a small town or in the country

Full Definition of SCHOOLMARM

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 to arbitrary rules)

— school·marm·ish \-ˌmä(r)-mish\ adjective

Variants of SCHOOLMARM

school·marm or school·ma'am \-ˌmäm, -ˌmam\

Origin of SCHOOLMARM

school + marm, alteration of ma'am

First Known Use: 1831

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

Rhymes with SCHOOLMARM

alarm, disarm, dry farm, fat farm, firearm, fish farm, forearm, gisarme, poor farm, rearm, sidearm, stiff-arm, straight-arm, strong-arm, tonearm, tree farm, truck farm, unarm, wind farm, work farm, yardarm