schoolmarm

  1. Noun.  (US, slang) A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe.
  2. Noun.  A person, male ''or'' female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times (as strict adherence to arbitrary rules, is strict on those who don't comply to those rules, etc.).
  3. Noun.  A forestry term for a tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree. .

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