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[tee-cher]
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noun

a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.

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RELATED WORDS

lecturer, supervisor, scholar, assistant, professor, tutor, coach, educator, instructor, schoolteacher, trainer, adviser, preceptor, pundit, mentor, pedagogue, teach, disciplinarian, guide, abecedary

Origin of teacher

First recorded in 1250–1300, teacher is from the Middle English word techer. See teach, -er1
Related formsteach·er·less, adjectiveteach·er·ship, nounnon·teach·er, nounself-teach·er, nounun·der·teach·er, noun
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Examples from the Web for teacher

Contemporary Examples of teacher

Historical Examples of teacher

  • He might even qualify for some distinction in it with such a teacher!

    Weighed and Wanting

    George MacDonald

  • Along the road from Sils came the teacher leaning on his staff.

    Rico and Wiseli

    Johanna Spyri

  • They began at once to think of whom they should inquire,—of the teacher, or of the grandmother.

    Rico and Wiseli

    Johanna Spyri

  • For this the teacher brought out his old fiddle and tuned it.

    Rico and Wiseli

    Johanna Spyri

  • The teacher stood looking at the child in great surprise and some displeasure.

    Rico and Wiseli

    Johanna Spyri

British Dictionary definitions for teacher

teacher

noun

a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
a personified concept that teachesnature is a good teacher
Derived Formsteacherless, adjective
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
Word Origin and History for teacher
n.

"one who teaches," c.1300; agent noun from teach (v.). It was used earlier in a sense of "index finger" (late 13c.). Teacher's pet attested from 1856.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper