schoolteacher

noun

school·teach·er | \ ˈskül-ˌtē-chər

Definition of schoolteacher

: one who teaches school

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Synonyms

educationist [chiefly British], educator, instructor, pedagogue (also pedagog), preceptor, teacher

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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Attorneys for Mayorga, a former model and schoolteacher, did not immediately respond to telephone, text and email messages. — Washington Post, "Cristiano Ronaldo won’t face rape charge in Las Vegas," 22 July 2019 There were retirees, students, schoolteachers, a few young families on vacation. — Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, "Elizabeth Warren Sells Populism to Professionals," 16 Aug. 2019 The answer may have something to do with the game’s history: It was invented by Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher, in a polio ward during the epidemic of the 1940s and 1950s. — Alexander B. Joy, The Atlantic, "Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards," 28 July 2019 Meredith Mannon, a schoolteacher, brought her two daughters, a friend and a pet bulldog to the top of the mountain. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, "Need an escape in San Francisco? A refuge beckons where you can get away from it all," 3 Aug. 2019 Attorneys for Ronaldo's accuser, former model and schoolteacher Kathryn Mayorga, did not immediately respond to telephone, text and email messages. — CBS News, "Las Vegas DA declines to bring charges against Cristiano Ronaldo for alleged rape," 22 July 2019 Attorneys for Mayorga, a former model and schoolteacher, did not immediately respond to telephone, text and email messages. — Ken Ritter, chicagotribune.com, "Las Vegas prosecutor says Cristiano Ronaldo won’t face charges after a woman accused the soccer star of rape in 2009," 21 July 2019 His mother was a schoolteacher, his father an accountant; both were committed Party members. — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, "What Led Peru’s Former President to Take His Own Life?," 1 July 2019 His father sold equipment used in dairy farming, and his mother was a schoolteacher. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Peter Meldrum Helped Found Myriad Genetics to Find Genes Linked to Inherited Cancers," 28 Dec. 2018

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