educator
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of educator
1560–70; < Latin ēducātor, equivalent to ēducā ( re ) ( educate ) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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The 82-year-old first arrived in the area in 1967 and spent decades as a school teacher who frequented the restaurant with fellow educators.
From Los Angeles Times
When I’ve been privileged to take a class outside, seeing the light that filled students’ eyes made me feel more like a prison guard than an educator.
The 2023 ballot measure prohibited “cold weather” evictions between Nov. 1 and April 1, and during the school year if the renting family included a student or “educator.”
Sarah Tucker, an educator who lives alone in the classic Chicago greystone that her family has owned since 1979, isn’t sure she can hold on.
“In our family, we have educators, engineers and other professions,” Iber quotes Gil Sanchez Sr. a member of the first generation of grapplers.
From Los Angeles Times
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