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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)
Familiarity information: SCHOOLMA'AM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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