teacher

teach·er  (tchr)

n.

One who teaches, especially one hired to teach.

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teacher

Noun

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

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

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 n → Lehrer(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