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Meaning of 'teacher' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Teacher [ n.]
- One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
- One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.

Meaning of 'teacher' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . teacher [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a personified abstraction that teaches
Example in sentence:
  • books were his teachers;
  • experience is a demanding teacher

Nearby Words:

tea tea-saucer teaberry teach teachable teachableness teache teaching teachless teacup

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