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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Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2025
Keystone-Florida Properties, an affiliate of a pension fund for Pennsylvania teachers, bought the property in 1993 for $126 million.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Rob was by then a junior-high-school English teacher in San Diego.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
High school teachers and college professors have been fired or disciplined after posting anti-Kirk comments on social media.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 23 Sep. 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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