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instructorship

[in-struhk-ter]

in·struc·tor

[in-struhk-ter]
noun
1.
a person who instructs; teacher.
2.
a teacher in a college or university who ranks below an assistant professor.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to instruc-, variant stem of instruere (see instruct) + -tor -tor

in·struc·to·ri·al [in-struhk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] , adjective
in·struc·tor·ship, noun
self-in·struc·tor, noun


1. tutor, schoolmaster, preceptor, pedagogue.

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instructor (ɪnˈstrʌktə)
 
n
1.  someone who instructs; teacher
2.  (US), (Canadian) a university teacher ranking below assistant professor
 
in'structorship
 
n
 
instructress
 
fem n

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