room father

American  

noun

1. a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.

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Example Sentences

Sitting in his parish’s small counseling room, Father Greiten reflected on it all.

From New York Times

The roofless room Father had built for water storage was open, its zinc sheet cover lying on the ground and the ladder thrown near it.

From Literature

In Fairfield’s hospital room, Father’s Day balloons float in one corner, and the wall is covered with pictures of him and Lauer.

From Washington Times

He remembered now that this was the room Father had always had, till he went away to college and after that to New York to live.

From Project Gutenberg

The table set in the kitchen—for our humble cot does not boast of a dining room—father and Jim Wiggin collarless and in their shirtsleeves, and the stranded sheep herder waiting upon mother and me as if we were queens.

From Project Gutenberg