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noun in·struc·tor \in-ˈstrÉ™k-tÉ™r\

: a person who teaches a subject or skill : someone who instructs people

: a teacher in a college or university who is not a professor

Full Definition of INSTRUCTOR

:  one that instructs :  teacher; especially :  a college teacher below professorial rank

— in·struc·tor·ship \-ËŒship\ noun

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Examples of INSTRUCTOR

1. He's a poetry instructor at a local community college.
2. <had spent most of his adulthood as an instructor in the local school system>

First Known Use of INSTRUCTOR

15th century

Related to INSTRUCTOR

Synonyms

educationist [chiefly British], educator, teacher, pedagogue (also pedagog), preceptor, schoolteacher

Related Words

headmaster, master, rector, schoolmaster; headmistress, instructress, mistress [chiefly British], schoolmarm (or schoolma'am), schoolmistress; coach, guide, guru, preparer, trainer; mentor, tutor, tutoress; drillmaster, inculcator; dean, docent, doctor, don, prof, professor, regius professor; academe, academic, academician, didact, pedant; governess, homeschooler; intern (also interne), practice teacher, reader, student teacher; catechist, lecturer, moralizer, preacher