schoolteacher

noun

school·​teach·​er ˈskül-ˌtē-chər How to pronounce schoolteacher (audio)
Synonyms of schoolteachernext
: one who teaches school

Examples of schoolteacher in a Sentence

schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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The trio connected with Albert (Lamar Johnson), the son of a Black schoolteacher, and Native girl Lilla Belle (Natalia del Riego) on the way out West, yet the exact origins of the group’s tight and socially anomalous bond go largely unexplained. Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025 Montano, 70, is a retired schoolteacher who has long been a figure in Milpitas public office. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025 That evening, Deplazes and Francestg Friberg, a schoolteacher and a Pro Idioms member, led me up a hillside where Friberg kept his horses, Carmelot and Amarena. Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 The reimagining follows Dorothy, a schoolteacher in Harlem, who gets caught in a snowstorm chasing her dog Toto and winds up in the Land of Oz. Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolteacher

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of schoolteacher was in 1751

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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolteacher. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.

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schoolteacher

noun
school·​teach·​er -ˌtē-chər How to pronounce schoolteacher (audio)
: a person who teaches school

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