teacher
Other forms: teachers
If the guy down the street shows you how to play the guitar and helps you develop a masterful plucking style, then he's your guitar teacher.
A teacher is anyone who teaches things. Schools hire people to be teachers, but you don't have to work in a school to be a teacher. You can be a teacher to your children. If you're really good at making pizza, you can be a teacher to an aspiring pizza chef. If you're really passionate about methods of education, then you can become a teacher who teaches teachers how to teach better. Whoa.
Definitions of teacher
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a person whose occupation is teaching
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synonyms:
instructor
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types:
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art teacher
someone who teaches art
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Bahai
a teacher of or believer in Bahaism
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catechist
one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism)
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coach, private instructor, tutor
a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
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dance master, dancing-master
a professional teacher of dancing
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demonstrator
a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
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docent
a teacher at some universities
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English professor, English teacher
someone who teaches English
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French teacher
someone who teaches French
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governess
a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
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instructress
a woman instructor
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math teacher, mathematics teacher
someone who teaches mathematics
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missionary
someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
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music teacher
someone who teaches music
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don, preceptor
teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
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reading teacher
someone who teaches students to read
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riding master
someone who teaches horsemanship
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school teacher, schoolteacher
a teacher in a school below the college level
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science teacher
someone who teaches science
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section man
someone who teaches a section of a large college course
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teaching fellow
a graduate student with teaching responsibilities
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crammer
a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
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games-master, games-mistress
the teacher in charge of games at a school
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geometry teacher
someone who teaches geometry
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piano teacher
someone who teaches students to play the piano
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mistress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
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Cyril, Saint Cyril, St. Cyril
Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)
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a personified abstraction that teaches“books were his teachers”“experience is a demanding teacher”
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type of:
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abstract, abstraction
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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abstract, abstraction
Pronunciation
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/ˈtitʃər/
UK
/ˈtitʃə/
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