"schoolmarm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskulˌmɑɹm/ [US] Audio: En-au-schoolmarm.ogg [Australia] Forms: schoolmarms [plural]
Etymology: From school + marm (“madam”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|school|marm|gloss2=madam}} school + marm (“madam”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*seǵʰ-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} schoolmarm (plural schoolmarms)
  1. (US, slang) A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Female people, Occupations, Stock characters Translations (female teacher): opettajatar (Finnish), institutrice [feminine] (French), maîtresse d’école [feminine] (French), peau de vache [feminine] (French), Lehrerin [feminine] (German), Schullehrerin (German), belferka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-schoolmarm-en-noun-wQUG63hV Disambiguation of Female people: 76 10 8 7 Disambiguation of Occupations: 61 22 7 9 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 70 7 6 17 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 9 5 22 Disambiguation of 'female teacher': 91 7 1
  2. (by extension) Someone who acts like a schoolmarm; a person acting harsh and stern. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-schoolmarm-en-noun-5Uo3JAOC
  3. (forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree. Categories (topical): Forestry
    Sense id: en-schoolmarm-en-noun-Nn~iVFh7 Topics: business, forestry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: school marm, school-marm

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskulˌmɑɹm/ [US] Audio: En-au-schoolmarm.ogg [Australia] Forms: schoolmarms [present, singular, third-person], schoolmarming [participle, present], schoolmarmed [participle, past], schoolmarmed [past]
Etymology: From school + marm (“madam”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|school|marm|gloss2=madam}} school + marm (“madam”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*seǵʰ-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} schoolmarm (third-person singular simple present schoolmarms, present participle schoolmarming, simple past and past participle schoolmarmed)
  1. (transitive, US, slang) To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide. Tags: US, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-schoolmarm-en-verb-UPBjikbq Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: school marm, school-marm

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Kate Winslet is brilliant, but \"there is never a moment where she finds out anything about her fellow actors\"; even Emma Thompson, whom he clearly adores, is chided for \"schoolmarming\" on the set of Sense and Sensibility.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discipline",
          "discipline"
        ],
        [
          "reprimand",
          "reprimand"
        ],
        [
          "chide",
          "chide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, US, slang) To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskulˌmɑɹm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-schoolmarm.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/En-au-schoolmarm.ogg/En-au-schoolmarm.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/En-au-schoolmarm.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "school marm"
    },
    {
      "word": "school-marm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "schoolmarm"
}

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