The Collaborative International Dictionary
Schoolma'am
Schoolma'am \School"ma'am\, n. A schoolmistress. [Colloq.U.S.]
Wiktionary
schoolma'am
n. (context informal English) schoolmarm
WordNet
schoolma'am
n. a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) [syn: schoolmarm, schoolmistress, mistress]
Usage examples of "schoolma'am".
Valley Road is noted for its good-looking schoolma'ams, just as Millersville is noted for its humly ones.
But when my darter—she's a schoolma'am like you—went out West to teach I felt real lonesome and wasn't nowise sot against the idea.
So he stood up and raised his hand, and said to the schoolma'am, "Please, ma'am, I 've got the stomach-ache.