Definition of teacher Teacher

/tiˈʧɚ/ - [teecher] - teach•er

We found 11 definitions of teacher from 6 different sources.

What does teacher mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: teachers
teacher - a person whose occupation is teaching
		instructor
		educator, pedagog, pedagogue someone who educates young people
		teacher-student relation the academic relation between teachers and their students
		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 carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
		dance master, dancing-master a professional teacher of dancing
		demonstrator someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
		docent a teacher at some universities
		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
teacher - a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
		abstract, abstraction a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

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Wiktionary

teacher (Noun)
A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.
teacher (Noun)
The index finger ; the forefinger.
teacher (Noun)
The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood , held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

teacher
A person who passes on knowledge, especially one employed in a school.
teacher
A personified abstraction that teaches.

Wikipedia

A teacher is a person who helps people learn. A teacher often works in a classroom. There are many different kind of teachers. Some teachers teach young children, in schools called elementary or primary schools. Others teach older children in middle, junior high, and high schools. Some teachers teach adults in more advanced schools (for example, colleges and universities). There are different ways of teaching. Most teachers use a variety of methods to teach.