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teaching assistant

American

noun

a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. TA

teaching assistant British

noun

another name for classroom assistant

"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

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teaching assistantship

noun

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teaching assistants

plural

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teaching assistant

"I had an absolute breakdown," said the teaching assistant.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

His mother worked as a teaching assistant and his father a painter, and they earned enough to buy a home, which was their priority.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

When I returned home and tried to go back to my job as a teaching assistant...

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Bollo, the son of a domestic worker and a line cook, said he’s applied to work as a teaching assistant and graduate researcher, which would waive the cost of his tuition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Edlefsen was a late bloomer, six years older than Ernest yet still only a teaching assistant.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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