1
: one that teaches
especially
: one whose occupation is to instruct
2
: a Mormon ranking above a deacon in the Aaronic priesthood
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Experience is a good teacher.
She is a first-grade teacher.
a teacher of driver's education
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Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
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Returning home after the war, some of these veterans became teachers and professors, and by the 1950s, the novel had become a staple of American high-school and college curriculums.
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But a long road to recovery looms Feb. 1, 2025
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Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Returning home after the war, some of these veterans became teachers and professors, and by the 1950s, the novel had become a staple of American high-school and college curriculums.
—Rob Kyff, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
But a long road to recovery looms Feb. 1, 2025
Palisades Charter Elementary students, teachers and staff relocated to Brentwood Science Magnet.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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teacher
noun
teach·er
ˈtē-chər 
: one that teaches
especially
: a person whose occupation is to instruct
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