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supply teacher

British

noun

a teacher employed to replace other teachers when they are absent

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Brian Jenkins, a supply teacher and a bar supervisor, had to leave the flat he lived in for 12 years after his landlord said he was selling up.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

Over the years he's also developed a reputation as Radio 1's "supply teacher", after sitting in for Greg James, Matt Edmondson, Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

His mother, Jill Golding, a secondary school supply teacher, and his father, Mick Mather, a support worker, named him after Keir Hardie - Labour's founder.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

"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 Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

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