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teacher
teacher
noun
Definition of TEACHER
a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school <a young man who ardently wants to become a teacher and teach first grade>
Synonyms educationist [chiefly British], educator, instructor, 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
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