Definitions for teacherˈti tʃər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

teach•erˈti tʃər(n.)

  1. a person who teaches.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. teacher, instructor(noun)

    a person whose occupation is teaching

  2. teacher(noun)

    a personified abstraction that teaches

    "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. teacher(noun)ˈti tʃər

    sb who teaches as their job

    a high school teacher; My violin teacher is retiring.

Wiktionary

  1. teacher(Noun)

    A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

  2. teacher(Noun)

    The index finger; the forefinger.

  3. teacher(Noun)

    The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

  4. Origin: Agent noun of teach,

Webster Dictionary

  1. Teacher(noun)

    one who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor

  2. Teacher(noun)

    one who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. teacher

    1. A person, either male or female, who instils into the head of another person, either voluntarily or for pay, the sum and substance of his or her ignorance. 2. One who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.


Translations for teacher

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

teacher(noun)

a person who teaches, especially in a school.

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