teacher

[tee-cher] Example Sentences Origin

teach·er

[tee-cher]
noun
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English techer. See teach, -er1

teach·er·less, adjective
teach·er·ship, noun
non·teach·er, noun
self-teach·er, noun
un·der·teach·er, noun
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Example Sentences
  • Pupils in remote villages watch televised lectures before tackling exercises with a local teacher.
  • The teacher ordered me to let them play and called me selfish.
  • It can liberate a good teacher to become even better.
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World English Dictionary
teacher (ˈtiːtʃə)
 
n
1.  a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
2.  a personified concept that teaches: nature is a good teacher
 
'teacherless
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

teacher
"one who teaches," c.1300; see teach. It was used earlier in a sense of "index finger" (late 13c.).
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