teacher
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
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Origin of teacher
1Other words from teacher
- teach·er·less, adjective
- teach·er·ship, noun
- non·teach·er, noun
- self-teacher, noun
- un·der·teach·er, noun
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How to use teacher in a sentence
If you’re a teacher, you can discuss this issue with your students, who may influence their parents.
Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money. | Sigal Samuel | September 17, 2020 | VoxIn that case, you might have heard of Aaron Orendorf, a philosophy teacher, who used guest posting to catapult himself into prominence in the marketing world.
Inbound marketing for brand awareness: Four up-to-date ways to do it | Ali Faagba | September 11, 2020 | Search Engine WatchIn classrooms, she says, teachers and students sometimes feel pressured to be working all the time.
Healthy screen time is one challenge of distance learning | Kathryn Hulick | September 11, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe current plan in New York is for just 10 to 20 percent of students and teachers to be tested once a month.
Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? (Ep. 431) | Stephen J. Dubner | September 10, 2020 | FreakonomicsPlus, students are likely to have to do more without a teacher or parent looking over their shoulders.
Top 10 tips on how to study smarter, not longer | Kathiann Kowalski | September 9, 2020 | Science News For Students
Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTShe completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner! | Olivia Nuzzi | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen one is a teacher, one confronts this issue all the time.
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life | David Yaffe | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomeone dressed as an Emirati woman killed an American teacher in a mall bathroom.
Middle East Murder Mystery: Who Killed an American Teacher in Abu Dhabi? | Chris Allbritton | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeI saw at a glance that Deppe is a magnificent teacher, and I believe that he has originated a school of his own.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayYou would think the poor teacher would be driven crazy, but he seems as calm as a daisy in a June breeze.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeIt is often convenient for a teacher, and others, to recall the number of a page of a book in which a citation is found.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)One teacher has re-arranged Series in Foreign Grammars in such a manner that he finds a natural suggestiveness between the words.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for teacher
/ (ˈtiːtʃə) /
a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
a personified concept that teaches: nature is a good teacher
Derived forms of teacher
- teacherless, adjective
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