teacher

teach·er  (tchr)

n.

One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.

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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

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teacher

• fescue - A pointer, such as that used by a teacher, having originally meant "a straw or twig."
• docent, docible, docile - Docent comes from Latin docere, "to teach"; docible is "capable of learning" and docile first meant "teachable."
• Socratic method - A teaching technique in which a teacher does not give information directly but instead asks a series of questions, with the result that the student comes either to the desired knowledge by answering the questions or to a deeper awareness of the limits of knowledge.
• tuition - First meant taking care of something, then teaching or instruction, especially for a fee.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	teacher - a person whose occupation is teaching instructor 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"

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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 teacher → profesor(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 Educación → ICE m
see also pet A2

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teacher [ˈtiːtʃə^r] 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 n → taux m d'encadrement, ratio m professeur élèves
teacher's pet n → chouchou mf du professeur
teacher training n (British) → formation f pédagogique (des enseignants)
teacher training college n → institut universitaire de formation des maîtres, IUFM
tea chest n (British) → caisse f à thé
teach-in [ˈtiːtʃɪn] n → séminaire m

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teacher

n → Lehrer(in) m(f); university teachers → Hochschullehrer pl, → Lehrkräfte pl → an (den) Universitäten (form); teachers of English, English teachers → Englischlehrer pl; she is a German teacher → sie ist Deutschlehrerin

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

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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