1
: one that teaches
especially
: one whose occupation is to instruct
2
: a Latter-day Saint ranking above a deacon in the Aaronic priesthood
Examples of teacher in a Sentence
Experience is a good teacher.
She is a first-grade teacher.
a teacher of driver's education
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For example, if the parent teacher association (PTA) collected and gifted cash or gift cards to staff and faculty, those are conduit gifts and wouldn’t be taxed.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
School officials said 50 of the students were able to escape in the following days, while 253 students and 12 teachers remain captive.
—Rachel Wolf , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The book follows two former best friends and travel buddies—an adventurous blogger and a mild-mannered English teacher—who reunite to renew their summer tradition of going on vacation together and realize their relationship may be something more.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
The focus of the new Milwaukee Reading Coalition is on training teachers of children in early grades in all schools in Milwaukee about how to be effective in leading students to reading proficiency.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
School officials said 50 of the students were able to escape in the following days, while 253 students and 12 teachers remain captive.
—Rachel Wolf , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The book follows two former best friends and travel buddies—an adventurous blogger and a mild-mannered English teacher—who reunite to renew their summer tradition of going on vacation together and realize their relationship may be something more.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
The focus of the new Milwaukee Reading Coalition is on training teachers of children in early grades in all schools in Milwaukee about how to be effective in leading students to reading proficiency.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 28 Dec. 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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