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supply teacher

British  

noun

  1. a teacher employed to replace other teachers when they are absent

"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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She was 15 when she met Keith Allen, a supply teacher at her school in Birmingham in the early 1990s.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

One player even gave him the nickname "the supply teacher".

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

Julia Lock, 46, a former Gwynedd supply teacher, said she first raised concerns in February 2011 but further letters and requests for meetings with Foden were ignored.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

"Dad was more excited for graduation than I was," said Miss Fussell, who is currently working as a supply teacher ahead of a teacher training course.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2023

If the school has been properly graded it will include a Teacher-training Class; but under no circumstances should the associate take one of its members as a supply teacher, even for one Sunday.

From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

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