how to pronounce schoolmarm
/ˈskuːl.mɑːm/
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schoolmarm is pronounced in two syllables
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meanings of schoolmarm
noun:
- A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe and/or a spinster.
- A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.
- A person, of any gender, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.
schoolmarm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word schoolmarm occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics schoolmarm can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that schoolmarm can be often used in the following areas:
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