Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)A schoolmarm.

More definitions
  • a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Anne promptly exclaimed, with her best "schoolma'am" air, "Oh, Davy, gentlemen don't do things like that."

    deUnvermittelt rief Anne, ganz Schulmeisterin: „Aber David! Ein Kavalier tut so etwas nicht!“

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Origin

From school + ma'am.

From school + ma'am.

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Forms

plural: schoolma'ams
Singularschoolma'am
Pluralschoolma'ams

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
schoolerschoolgirlB2schoolhouseschoolmasterschoolmateB1schoolteacherB1
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