1
: one that teaches
especially
: one whose occupation is to instruct
2
: a Mormon ranking above a deacon in the Aaronic priesthood
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Experience is a good teacher.
She is a first-grade teacher.
a teacher of driver's education
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Floyd said the group also provides support to art teachers and school art programs through field trips and by funding art supplies.
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Tilda Swinton, who played an industry executive, was there, as was the real screenwriting teacher Robert McKee, who doesn’t appear in the book but figures importantly in the film, and Brian Cox, who played him.
—Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
At the heart of the film is the real-life story of school-bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig who rescued 22 children that day.
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And Mac Jones is out in San Francisco, reminding everyone what confidence and a great teacher can look like together, when they’re not smothered by dysfunction.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Tilda Swinton, who played an industry executive, was there, as was the real screenwriting teacher Robert McKee, who doesn’t appear in the book but figures importantly in the film, and Brian Cox, who played him.
—Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
At the heart of the film is the real-life story of school-bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig who rescued 22 children that day.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
And Mac Jones is out in San Francisco, reminding everyone what confidence and a great teacher can look like together, when they’re not smothered by dysfunction.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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teacher
noun
teach·er
ˈtē-chər 
: one that teaches
especially
: a person whose occupation is to instruct
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