teacher
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
Origin of teacher
1Other words from teacher
- teach·er·less, adjective
- teach·er·ship, noun
- non·teach·er, noun
- self-teacher, noun
- un·der·teach·er, noun
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How to use teacher in a sentence
And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis | Nico Hines | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMehdi Bayati has been putting forward the same argument as my middle school teachers.
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West | IranWire, Shima Sharabi | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.
Teachers are told never to put an arm around a crying child.
Then my luck changed and I found myself under one of the very greatest teachers of his time, Professor Huxley.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsHe also instituted primary schools in every commune, and started an cole Normale for the training of teachers.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonTeachers often complain that they can never induce some of their pupils to ask questions on their tasks.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The way them boys was tellin' about the teachers they had knowed made me feel for your life when I seen you come in.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydUnlike many other teachers, Susy had not to go about enticing boys to her Sabbath class.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for teacher
/ (ˈtiːtʃə) /
a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
a personified concept that teaches: nature is a good teacher
Derived forms of teacher
- teacherless, adjective
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