schoolmarms

noun

variants or schoolma'ams
plural of schoolmarm
as in teachers
US, old-fashioned a woman who teaches in a school in a small town or in the country In the movie, she plays a doting schoolmarm in colonial New England.

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  1. teachers
  2. mistresses
  3. instructors
Noun
  • The construction of new schools while the district was cutting staff to balance a multi-million-dollar budget deficit was one point of contention between DUSD and the city's teachers' association, which went on strike in March.
    — Kara St. Cyr, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Every dollar spent moving kids across town lines is a dollar not spent on teachers, books, or counselors in their classrooms.
    — State Rep Maryam Khan, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • The Getty Suite speaks for itself with its throne-like chairs, opulent tapestries, carved rose wooden ceiling and connecting door into the Medici Suite (CH) where Getty put up some of his mistresses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
  • On the other hand, Dunaway and her tart-talking sidekick, Brenda Vaccaro, seem to be having the time of their lives as mistresses of the shades of darkness (their ramshackle abode is a funhouse Ghost Train ride festooned with skeletons, spiders and tattered netting).
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Definition of mistresses
Noun
  • Our instructors and support staff are critical to training future physicians and advancing the health of Connecticut residents.
    — Opinion, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Feldman emphasizes hiring instructors who love community and kids, not necessarily master chefs, as the curriculum teaches cooking.
    — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructors
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