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home teacher

British  

noun

  1. a teacher who educates ill or disabled children in their homes

"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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The columnist is not even a member of Washington's tight Mormon inner circle, though he attends services regularly and serves as "a home teacher," visiting Mormon families regularly for counseling and prayer.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He who can plant courage in the human soul is the best physician," and this is one of the chief duties of the home teacher.

From Five Lectures on Blindness by Foley, Kate M.

When I came home teacher read to me "The School-boy," for it is not in our print.

From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Macy, John Albert

I realized this need, even before leaving school, and it was my privilege to teach as a volunteer for twenty years prior to my appointment as home teacher for the State Library.

From Five Lectures on Blindness by Foley, Kate M.

The home teacher should organize the women into afternoon classes for learning English and should induce them to visit the evening classes with the men.

From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)

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