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instructor

[ in-struhk-ter ]
/ ɪnˈstrʌk tər /
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noun

a person who instructs; teacher.
a teacher in a college or university who ranks below an assistant professor.

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RELATED WORDS

lecturer, trainer, coach, adviser, professor, guide, tutor, mentor, teacher, demonstrator, preceptor, pedagogue, exponent

Nearby words

  1. instruction,
  2. instructional,
  3. instructions,
  4. instructive,
  5. instructively,
  6. instructress,
  7. instrument,
  8. instrument flying,
  9. instrument landing,
  10. instrument panel

Origin of instructor

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to instruc-, variant stem of instruere (see instruct) + -tor -tor
Related formsin·struc·to·ri·al [in-struhk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] /ˌɪn strʌkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjectivein·struc·tor·ship, nounself-in·struc·tor, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for instructor

instructor

/ (ɪnˈstrʌktə) /

noun

someone who instructs; teacher
US and Canadian a university teacher ranking below assistant professor
Derived Formsinstructorship, nouninstructress (ɪnˈstrʌktrɪs), fem n
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Word Origin and History for instructor

instructor

n.

mid-15c., from Old French instructeur and directly from Medieval Latin instructor "teacher" (in classical Latin, "preparer"), agent noun from instruere (see instruct).

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