English

Noun

schoolmarm ‎(plural schoolmarms)

1. (US, slang) A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe.
   • 2013, Josh Rountree, ‎Lon Prater, Alamo Rising

     The schoolmarm came to an abrupt stop in her arithmetic quizzing, her face set into a pruny scowl that looked to be permanent.

2. A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.
3. (forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.