schoolmarm

English

/ˈskulˌmɑɹm/

noun
Definitions
  • (US) A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe and/or a spinster.
  • A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.
  • (forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.

Etymology

Compound from English school + English marm root from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (hold, possess, overpower, have, overcome, related to overpowering, overcome somebody).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*seǵʰ-

Gloss

hold, possess, overpower, have, overcome, related to overpowering, overcome somebody

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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