as in educator
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
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Recent Examples of teacher
There’s also a problem with female teachers, who are finding it very, very hard to teach.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
The teacher said that on the morning of Jan. 22, Hirsch asked to go to the school nurse to get a bandage for a large cut and several other small cuts on his hand.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Help on both sides of the floor With the acquisitions of Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard, Henderson now has quite possibly the best teachers to lean on in the coming season.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The actor played a suburban high school teacher named Bob Adams.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2025
The teacher said that on the morning of Jan. 22, Hirsch asked to go to the school nurse to get a bandage for a large cut and several other small cuts on his hand.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Help on both sides of the floor With the acquisitions of Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard, Henderson now has quite possibly the best teachers to lean on in the coming season.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The actor played a suburban high school teacher named Bob Adams.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teacher
Noun
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What do librarians and educators have to say about the potential loss of BadgerLink?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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While parents were fulfilling back-to-school shopping and educators were equipping classrooms with supplies out of their own pockets, the state that withholds money from CPS was holding a hearing to find out why the district is in financial trouble.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Helmy, the more sensitive elder brother, has been out of regular work for three years; Erich, the younger brother, has been serving as a ski instructor at a resort hotel and performing as a gigolo to some of the wealthy older women who stay there.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2025
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Onlookers at the golf course rushed to aid the two passengers, a pilot and instructor, surveillance footage released by the golf course showed.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacher. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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