Associations to the word «Schoolmarm»

Wiktionary

SCHOOLMARM, noun. (US) (slang) A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe.
SCHOOLMARM, noun. A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times (as strict adherence to arbitrary rules, is strict on those who don't comply to those rules, etc.)
SCHOOLMARM, noun. (forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.

Dictionary definition

SCHOOLMARM, noun. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).

Wise words

A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.
Turkish Proverb