Schoolwoman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female schoolteacher. dated

    "Miss Eggleston will speak of the parents' study classes from the standpoint of the schoolwoman in the general sense, not in the specific sense of kindergarten."

  2. 2
    a female scholar who is skilled in academic disputation wordnet

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"Miss Eggleston will speak of the parents' study classes from the standpoint of the schoolwoman in the general sense, not in the specific sense of kindergarten."

Etymology

From school + woman.

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