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SCHOOLMA'AM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schoolma'am mean? 

SCHOOLMA'AM (noun)
  The noun SCHOOLMA'AM has 1 sense:

1. a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)play

  Familiarity information: SCHOOLMA'AM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCHOOLMA'AM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mistress; schoolma'am; schoolmarm; schoolmistress

Hypernyms ("schoolma'am" is a kind of...):

school teacher; schoolteacher (a teacher in a school below the college level)


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