English Dictionary
Definition of “teacher”
teacher (ˈtiːtʃə
)
Definitions
noun
- a person whose occupation is teaching others, esp children
- a personified concept that teaches ⇒
nature is a good teacher
Alternative Forms
ˈteacherless adjective
Synonyms
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instructor,
coach,
tutor,
don,
guide,
professor,
trainer,
lecturer,
guru,
mentor,
educator,
handler,
schoolteacher,
pedagogue,
dominie,
master or mistress schoolmaster or schoolmistress
Quotations
"We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master"
Maria Montessori"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops"
Henry Brooks 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"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
- British English:
teacher
A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution....her chemistry teacher.ˈtiːtʃə NOUN ...her chemistry teacher.
- Spanish:
maestro
nm maestra
- French:
professeur
nm
- German:
Lehrer
nm Lehrerin
- Chinese: 教师 n
- Arabic: مُدَرِّس n
- Portuguese: professor nm professora
- Russian: учитель nm учительница
- Croatian: učitelj nm
- Czech: učitel nm učitelka
- Danish: lærer nutr
- Dutch: onderwijzer nm
- Finnish: opettaja n
- Greek: δάσκαλος n δασκάλα
- Italian: insegnante nm__nf
- Japanese: 教師 n
- Korean: 교사 n
- Norwegian: lærer nm
- Polish: nauczyciel nm nauczycielka
- Brazilian Portuguese: professor nm professora
- European Spanish:
maestro
nm maestra
- Swedish: lärare nutr
- Thai: ครู n
- Turkish: öğretmen n
- Vietnamese: giáo viên n
Usage examples
Any kind of retaliation had the sports racing for the State Assembly in Albany, like the school bully running to teacher with a bloody nose.
Mark Mills, AMAGANSETT (2004)Essentially, an operating system is to a computer what a teacher is to a class of primary schoolchildren.
Spiked (2002)James (39) has a girlfriend who is a teacher with limited time off.
Irish Times (2002)The family also is considering a civil action against the teacher.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Check whether the client is a school teacher or is involved in children's work.
Lilian Verner-Bonds, THORSONS WAY OF - PALMISTRY (2002)
