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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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
On the morning of May 2, 2022, a teacher brought two swords with her into her…
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May
by Ed Skoog
From Big Stupid Face, a manuscript in progress.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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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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