Teacher
['tiːtʃə] or ['titʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a personified abstraction that teaches; 'books were his teachers'; 'experience is a demanding teacher'.
(noun.) a person whose occupation is teaching.
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Definition
(n.) One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
(n.) One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Instructor, tutor, preceptor, master, PEDAGOGUE, school-master, school-mistress, school-dame.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Instructor, schoolmaster, preceptor, tutor, professor, pedagogue, educationist,educator, schoolmistress
ANT:Pupil, scholar, disciple, learner
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Examples
- David Reed I would like to dedicate this etext to my mother who was a elementary school teacher for more years than I can remember. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and repulsive countenance; the teacher, therefore, did not prepossess me in favour of his doctrine. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- How one person's abilities compare in quantity with those of another is none of the teacher's business. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He is now a teacher of penmanship in Paris. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So I kept back in my teacher's place; and as he never asked my name, so I never gave it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When he first appeared as a teacher he was a man of about thirty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The effect of this situation in crippling the teacher's sense of humor has not received the attention which it deserves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Let other nations be merchants and warriors, while Greece reasserts her ancient vocation of teacher. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The statements may help a teacher to a larger vision of the possible results to be effected by instruction in mathematical topics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Your teacher shall be your representative. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let Walter Hartright, teacher of drawing, aged twenty-eight years, be heard firSt. II It was the last day of July. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The next year he was recalled to Freiberg as teacher of mineralogy and curator of collections. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Three antagonistic growths had to be kept alive: his mother's trust in him, his plan for becoming a teacher, and Eustacia's happiness. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His father was a teacher of vocal physiology at Edinburgh, and he himself became a teacher of deaf mutes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I will speak to Miss Temple and the teachers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He wrote an essay on his invention, and circulated it among his friends and teachers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But the old teachers are all dead, or gone elsewhere; and no enlightenment is to be hoped for from that quarter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Only persons, parents, and teachers, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It seemed to me that I was this dayespecially doomed--the main burden and trial falling on me alone of all the female teachers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In spite of very distinctive features of their own, these two teachers do in a manner arise out of, and in succession to these Jewish prophets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;' I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet--praise of their pupils' progress. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But the Nestorians were not the only teachers available for the Arabs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A long grace was said and a hymn sung; then a servant brought in some tea for the teachers, and the meal began. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Have they contributed to encourage the diligence, and to improve the abilities, of the teachers? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By birth he was probably a Jew, though some Jewish writers deny this; he had certainly studied under Jewish teachers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What do teachers imagine is happening to thought and emotion when the latter get no outlet in the things of immediate activity? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The teachers, animated solely by good intentions, had no idea of execution, and a lamentable jumble was the upshot of their kind endeavours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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