schoolma'am

Other forms: schoolma'ams

Definitions of schoolma'am
  1. noun
    a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
    synonyms: mistress, schoolmarm, schoolmistress
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    type of:
    school teacher, schoolteacher
    a teacher in a school below the college level
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