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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Hardin, 56, was in prison serving a decadeslong sentence for the 2017 murder of water department employee James Appleton in Gateway, Arkansas, and the 1997 rape of a school teacher in nearby Rogers.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 June 2025
To that end, the Institute sends teachers into public schools across the state.
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Fast forward, now as a teacher and parent, I am unburdened by summer employment and summer childcare anxiety.
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The Mount Kinabalu earthquake of 2015 claimed 18 lives, including Singaporean students and teachers who had traveled to Borneo on a school expedition.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 June 2025
To that end, the Institute sends teachers into public schools across the state.
—John Burnett, NPR, 7 June 2025
Fast forward, now as a teacher and parent, I am unburdened by summer employment and summer childcare anxiety.
—Davon Loeb, Parents, 7 June 2025
The Mount Kinabalu earthquake of 2015 claimed 18 lives, including Singaporean students and teachers who had traveled to Borneo on a school expedition.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for teacher
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 11 Jun. 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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