educator
Americannoun
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educators
plural
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a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
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an educationist.
noun
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a person who educates; teacher
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a specialist in education; educationalist
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(in South Africa) a school teacher
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of educator
1560–70; < Latin ēducātor, equivalent to ēducā ( re ) ( see educate) + -tor -tor
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According to a statement, deVries was a former member of the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District, where she served as an EMS flight nurse and EMS nurse educator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Looking at the paintings I felt like not just remembering all that happened, but remembering that unity that came," educator Farran Burnette, 40, told AFP after visiting the exhibit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
A renowned traditional Irish musician and educator who died following a road crash in County Armagh has been described by a Sinn Féin MP as a "giant of Irish cultural life".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Some say customers aren’t exactly paying for innovation, but rather for decades of familiarity on the educator side — along with textbooks that build the calculators into their curricula.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
In fact, being an educator could be a very dangerous career.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
As AI becomes more visible, it is important that learners and educators are supported to understand both the opportunities and challenges these technologies present.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Public sector salaries vary by sector, but the union says the wage differences for educators are too wide and disadvantageous.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
She makes herself sick with guilt over her choices, reaching out to activists and her daughter’s former educators to help her make sense of the problem and her response to it.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
I also gave the test to a group of health educators and academics at a conference in Princeton, New Jersey.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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