instructor

[ in-struhk-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who instructs; teacher.

  2. a teacher in a college or university who ranks below an assistant professor.

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Origin of instructor

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Latin, equivalent to instruc-, variant stem of instruere (see instruct) + -tor-tor

Other words for instructor

Other words from instructor

  • in·struc·to·ri·al [in-struhk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-], /ˌɪn strʌkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjective
  • in·struc·tor·ship, noun
  • self-in·struc·tor, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for instructor

instructor

/ (ɪnˈstrʌktə) /


noun
  1. someone who instructs; teacher

  2. US and Canadian a university teacher ranking below assistant professor

Derived forms of instructor

  • instructorship, noun
  • instructress (ɪnˈstrʌktrɪs), fem n

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