teacher

[tee-cher]

noun

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

teacher

/ ˈtiːtʃə /

noun

1. a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children

2. a personified concept that teaches

   nature is a good teacher

Other Word Forms

• teacherless adjective
• teachership noun
• nonteacher noun
• self-teacher noun
• underteacher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of teacher¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, teacher is from the Middle English word techer. See teach, -er ¹

Example Sentences

This meant teachers or staff who had not been privy to the email may not have known that Ms Scarff had anxiety.

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Decades later he would tell a high-school English teacher that the scene in which Rabbit’s wife, Janice, accidentally drowns their baby “was the most intense writing of my life.”

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Likewise, if the top manager were just a good teacher, their workers would likely improve in their current jobs—but they wouldn’t necessarily move on to very different roles and thrive there.

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If they want to be a teacher, you don’t want them to be an investment banker just so that they can afford to live in New York City.

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In classes, I couldn’t retain information unless the teacher was a storyteller.

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• schoolteacher 
• supervisor 
• tutor