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teacher

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teach·er  (tchr)
n.
One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.

teacher [ˈtiːtʃə]
n
1. (Business / Professions) a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
2. a personified concept that teaches nature is a good teacher
teacherless  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.teacherteacher - a person whose occupation is teaching
art teacher - someone who teaches art
Bahai - a teacher of or believer in Bahaism
catechist - one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism)
private instructor, tutor, coach - a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
dance master, dancing-master - a professional teacher of dancing
demonstrator - a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
docent - a teacher at some universities
educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people
English professor, English teacher - someone who teaches English
French teacher - someone who teaches French
governess - a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)
instructress - a woman instructor
math teacher, mathematics teacher - someone who teaches mathematics
missionary - someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
music teacher - someone who teaches music
preceptor, don - teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
reading teacher - someone who teaches students to read
riding master - someone who teaches horsemanship
school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level
science teacher - someone who teaches science
section man - someone who teaches a section of a large college course
teaching fellow - a graduate student with teaching responsibilities
teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students
2.teacher - a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

teacher
noun instructor, coach, tutor, don, guide, professor, trainer, lecturer, guru, mentor, educator, handler, schoolteacher, pedagogue, dominie (Scot.), master or mistress, schoolmaster or schoolmistress I'm a teacher with 21 years' experience.
Quotations
"We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master" [Maria Montessori The Absorbent Mind]
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops" [Henry Brooks Adams The Education of Henry Adams]
"The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence" [A. Bronson Alcot]
"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches" [George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists]
"I owe a lot to my teachers and mean to pay them back some day" [Stephen Leacock]
"It is when the gods hate a man with uncommon abhorrence that they drive him into the profession of a schoolmaster" [Seneca]
Translations
teacher [ˈtiːtʃəʳ]
A. N (in secondary school) → profesor(a) m/f; (in primary school) → maestro/a m/f
French teacherprofesor(a) m/f de francés
B. CPD teacher training N (Brit) → formación f pedagógica
teacher training college N (for primary schools) → escuela f normal; (for secondary schools) → Instituto m de Ciencias de la EducaciónICE m
see also pet A2

teacher [ˈtiːtʃər] n (gen)enseignant(e) m/f; (in secondary school)professeur mf; (in primary school)instituteur/trice m/f, professeur mf des écoles
I'm a teacher with 21 years' experience → Je suis enseignant et j'ai 21 ans d'expérience.
He's a primary school teacher → Il est instituteur., Il est professeur des écoles.
Thomas is a French teacher → Thomas est professeur de français.
Melanie is a history teacher → Melanie est professeur d'histoire.
six teenagers and their teacher → six adolescents et leur professeur
teacher certification n (US)habilitation f à enseigner
teacher evaluation n (US)évaluation f pédagogique
teacher-pupil ratio ntaux m d'encadrement, ratio m professeur élèves
teacher's pet nchouchou mf du professeur
teacher training n (British)formation f pédagogique (des enseignants)
teacher training college ninstitut universitaire de formation des maîtres, IUFM
tea chest n (British)caisse f à thé
teach-in [ˈtiːtʃɪn] nséminaire m

teacher
nLehrer(in) m(f); university teachersHochschullehrer pl, → Lehrkräfte plan (den) Universitäten (form); teachers of English, English teachersEnglischlehrer pl; she is a German teachersie ist Deutschlehrerin

teacher [ˈtiːtʃəʳ] n (gen) → insegnante m/f; (in secondary school) → professore/essa; (in primary school) → maestro/a
French teacher → insegnante di francese
teacher [ˈtiːtʃəʳ] n (gen) → insegnante m/f; (in secondary school) → professore/essa; (in primary school) → maestro/a
French teacher → insegnante di francese

teacher مدرس učitel lærer Lehrer δάσκαλος maestro opettaja professeur učitelj insegnante 教師 교사 onderwijzer lærer nauczyciel professor учитель lärare ครู öğretmen giáo viên 教师


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As the days passed into weeks, even the teacher praised him, for he saw him attentive, hard working, and wide awake, always the first to come in the morning, and the last to leave when school was over.
To me you'll always be `Teacher'--the teacher of the best lessons I ever learned.
But soon finishing this pursuit, she engaged in an animated conversation with a teacher who sat beside her.
 
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