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

teacher
Noun
a person whose job is to teach others, esp. children
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
Translations

teacher [ˈtiːtʃəʳ] n (in secondary school) → profesor(a) m/f;
(in primary school) → maestro/a;
Spanish teacher → profesor(a) m/f de español
teacher [ˈtiːtʃəʳ] teach n (in secondary school) → professeur m;
(in primary school) → instituteur/trice;
French teacher → professeur de français
teacher [ˈtiːtʃəʳ] teach nLehrer(in) m(f);
German teacher teach → Deutschlehrer(in) m(f)
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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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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