schoolmarm

Plural: schoolmarms

Noun

• a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
• A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict.
• Someone who acts like a schoolmarm; a person acting harsh and stern.
• A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.

Verb

• To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide.

Synonyms

mistress, schoolma'am, schoolmistress