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schoolteacher

American  
[skool-tee-cher] / ˈskulˌti tʃər /

noun

  1. a teacher in a school, especially in one below the college level.

schoolteacher British  
/ ˈskuːlˌtiːtʃə /

noun

  1. a person who teaches in a school

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of schoolteacher

First recorded in 1840–50; school 1 + teacher

Example Sentences

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Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The second part honors David Rhys Jones, a schoolteacher at Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi in Cardigan, Wales, who taught the study's lead author.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Robinson, the schoolteacher, said he will be watching gas prices every day now.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

A schoolteacher, Katie is determined to make the most of the 21,000-mile round-trip as part of her Christmas holidays.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

In that year a Colorado schoolteacher named Arthur Lakes found bones near Morrison while out hiking with a friend.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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