Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; a preceptor; an instructor; a tutor; in a restricted sense, one who gives instruction in religion; specifically, in early New England Congregationalism, a clergyman charged with the duty of giving religious instruction to a church, in some churches the offices of pastor and teacher being at first distinct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
- noun One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
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- noun A person who
teaches , especially one employed in aschool . - noun The
index finger ; theforefinger . - noun Mormonism The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a personified abstraction that teaches
- noun a person whose occupation is teaching
Etymologies
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Examples
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The teacher who neither teaches nor can teach them to his pupils is a _bad teacher_; the pupil who, notwithstanding the urgent warnings of his teacher, neglects the exercises that can help him to acquire them, and fails to perfect himself in them, is a _bungler_.
How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Lilli Lehmann 1888
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First off all the teacher is the one who needs to change, and second, is this so called teacher still employed by the school district.
Think Progress » Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit For The First Time In A Decade 2010
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I have been told of places in this country where being a teacher is a "way out," and people go into it because it's one of the very few choices available to them.
Education 2010
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I have been told of places in this country where being a teacher is a "way out," and people go into it because it's one of the very few choices available to them.
Politics 2010
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I have been told of places in this country where being a teacher is a "way out," and people go into it because it's one of the very few choices available to them.
Accountability 2010
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This can be nice when a teacher is at a loss on how to approach a specific topic or just wants to try something new with his or her students.
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Such classroom observations are an absolute measure; the rating of a teacher is against a fixed yardstick of what constitutes good practice, not against other teachers.
Is D.C.'s teacher evaluation system rigged? Valerie Strauss 2010
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Do not count all the times the teacher is addressing discipline problems, or giving busy work.
Education Change | Traditional School Calendar vs. Year-Round Calendar 2009
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No, this particular rudeness just tells us the teacher is a pompous atheist.
A California Ruling 2009
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I have been told of places in this country where being a teacher is a "way out," and people go into it because it's one of the very few choices available to them.
Integrity 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word teacher
Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that will grow forever...
July 25, 2009