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schoolmarm

noun

variants or schoolma'am

Definition of schoolmarm

as in teacher

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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Recent Examples of schoolmarm No ruler-wielding schoolmarm can impart the urgency of learning the way hunger can. — John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud. — Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025 The search for a missing schoolmarm is the focus of an escape room experience at the Lanesfield School, a historic one-room schoolhouse in Edgerton. — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025 University deans, schoolmarms and human resources managers penned dress codes outright forbidding the garment or relegating it to certain areas. — The Conversation, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023 Visitors can relive a school experience from the early 20th century, complete with a schoolmarm and an outhouse. — Jshortavon, cleveland, 23 July 2023 In the music video, Gavin plays the titular cheerleader who is smitten with a girl in the program; meanwhile, Bridgers plays the pink-haired schoolmarm in charge, while popular gay comedian Caleb Hearon plays a conflicted gay coach. — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022

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In 2024, two Michigan high school students were sitting in the bleachers during a student-teacher basketball game when their physical education teacher collapsed from cardiac arrest.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
When the Gulf state launched its golden visa in 2019, the government offered 10-year residency to people who could invest at least $545,000 into property as well as to researchers, teachers and specialized talent.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

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During one middle school mariachi practice, an instructor encourages a girl to come out of her shell and yell excitedly.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Kreiz is an avid kite surfer whose post-college job was as an instructor at a Club Med and is fond of recalling the story of delivering his baby daughter in the back of a car in front of Paddington Station in London.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

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