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teacher

[ tee-cher ]

/ ˈti tʃər /

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noun

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

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Origin of teacher

First recorded in 1250–1300, teacher is from the Middle English word techer.See teach, -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM teacher

teach·er·less, adjectiveteach·er·ship, nounnon·teach·er, nounself-teacher, noun

un·der·teach·er, noun

Words nearby teacher

teach, teachable, teachable moment, teach a lesson, teach an old dog new tricks, teacher, teacherage, teacher bird, teacherly, teachers' centre, teachers college

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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.
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In 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.
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In classrooms, she says, teachers and students sometimes feel pressured to be working all the time.
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The current plan in New York is for just 10 to 20 percent of students and teachers to be tested once a month.
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Plus, students are likely to have to do more without a teacher or parent looking over their shoulders.
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Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
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She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
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Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
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When 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|DAILY BEAST
Someone 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|DAILY BEAST
He 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. Locke
I saw at a glance that Deppe is a magnificent teacher, and I believe that he has originated a school of his own.
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You would think the poor teacher would be driven crazy, but he seems as calm as a daisy in a June breeze.
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It is often convenient for a teacher, and others, to recall the number of a page of a book in which a citation is found.
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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

teacher

/ (ˈtiːtʃə) /

noun

a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children

a personified concept that teachesnature is a good teacher

Derived forms of teacher

teacherless, adjective

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