as in teacher
a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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Recent Examples of schoolteacher
Stewart County Schools said in a statement on Facebook that Berry's wife is a schoolteacher.
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
His father was a schoolteacher and a member of the Nazi Party; Baselitz, who was seven at the cessation of World War II, would later recall the smoke rising from firebombed Dresden as his mother hurried her children through the city in a futile attempt to escape the Russians.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2026
His father, Johannes Kern, a schoolteacher, was required to join the Nazi Party—a membership that, in the postwar period, led to his being barred from teaching by the East German government.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Harford County Council member and schoolteacher Jacob Bennett will return to the classroom after an investigation by Child Protective Services found a complaint against him was unsubstantiated.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
His father was a schoolteacher and a member of the Nazi Party; Baselitz, who was seven at the cessation of World War II, would later recall the smoke rising from firebombed Dresden as his mother hurried her children through the city in a futile attempt to escape the Russians.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2026
His father, Johannes Kern, a schoolteacher, was required to join the Nazi Party—a membership that, in the postwar period, led to his being barred from teaching by the East German government.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Harford County Council member and schoolteacher Jacob Bennett will return to the classroom after an investigation by Child Protective Services found a complaint against him was unsubstantiated.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for schoolteacher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolteacher
Noun
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My task is to read their unpublished, often unfinished writing—less as a teacher or as an editor than as a cheerfully unlicensed therapist.—
David O’Neill,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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An imam said teachers, students and other school staff members who were at the mosque are safe.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
Noun
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This week, Princeton faculty voted to require instructor proctoring of all in-class exams beginning on July 1.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Timothy James Shay, 51, was sentenced to 18 to 54 years in state prison for using his position as a private piano instructor to abuse young male students from the mid-1990s through his arrest in 2025.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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At just 11 years old, Sean is already widely known for his science content and as a STEM educator, following in Nye's footsteps.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Kate spent forty minutes with the president of the Reggio Children Foundation, former minister Francesco Profumo, and other educators.—
Stefania Saltalamacchia,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolteacher. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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