teacher

   ▪ teacher someone who teaches as their job, especially in a school: • a high school teacher
   ▪ principal (also headteacher British English) the teacher who is in charge of a school or college: • The teacher sent him to the principal’s office.
   ▪ tutor someone who gives private lessons to one student or a small group of students. In Britain, a tutor is also a teacher in a university: • They hired a tutor to help him with his English. | • Your tutor will help you find a subject for your essay.
   ▪ lecturer someone who teaches in a university or college: • University lecturers aren’t very well paid.
   ▪ professor a teacher in a college or university. In Britain, a professor is a high-ranking university teacher, especially one who is head of a department: • She was professor of linguistics at Cambridge University.
   ▪ instructor someone who teaches a sport or a practical skill such as swimming or driving: • He works as a ski instructor in the winter. | • a driving instructor
   ▪ coach someone who helps a person or team improve in a sport: • a professional tennis coach
   ▪ educator especially American English formal someone whose job involves teaching people, or someone who is an expert on education: • Most educators agree that class sizes are still too big.
   ▪ trainer someone who teaches people particular skills, especially the skills they need to do a job: • a teacher trainer | • Many companies pay outside trainers to teach management skills to their staff.
   ▪ governess a woman who lived with a family and taught their children in past times: • As a governess, Charlotte Brontë received twenty pounds a year.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

teacher

teach·er [teacher teachers] [ˈtiːtʃə(r)] [ˈtiːtʃər] noun

a person whose job is teaching, especially in a school

• a history/science, etc. teacher

• primary school teachers

• There is a growing need for qualified teachers of Business English.

Vocabulary Building:

Teach and teachers

Verbs

teach▪ John teaches French at the local school. ◊ ▪ She taught me how to change a tyre.

educate▪ Our priority is to educate people about the dangers of drugs.

instruct▪ Members of staff should be instructed in the use of fire equipment.

train▪ She’s a trained midwife. ◊ ▪ He’s training the British Olympic swimming team.

coach▪ He’s the best football player I’ve ever coached. ◊ ▪ She coaches some of the local children in maths. (BrE)

tutor▪ She tutors some of the local children in math. (NAmE)Nouns

teacher▪ school/college teachers

instructor▪ a swimming/science instructor

trainer▪ a horse trainer ◊ ▪ Do you have a personal trainer?

coach▪ a football coach

tutor▪ tutors working with migrant children

Example Bank:

• He is chairman of the Parent Teacher Association.

• I'm good at cooking. I had a good teacher.

• She held the post of deputy head teacher at a school in Leeds.

• She was a public school teacher.

• She's been accepted at Bath Teacher Training College.

• teacher preparation programs

• teacher ratings of reading ability

• teachers working with less able students

• teachers working with pupils with special educational needs

• His teacher sent him home for the rest of the day.

• I used to work as a history teacher.

• She was an inspirational teacher.

• Skilled classroom teachers should be better rewarded.

• Teachers of sex education will be aware of some of the myths circulating among students.

• The main teachers' union says more must be done to protect its members from assault.

• There must be some way to get rid of incompetent teachers.

• There's always been a shortage of good math teachers.

• We are looking for qualified and experienced English teachers.

• Who's your favourite teacher?

• a primary/secondary school teacher

• an elementary/a fourth-grade/a high school teacher

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

teacher

teacher /ˈtiː.tʃəʳ/ US /-tʃɚ/
noun [C]
someone whose job is to teach in a school or college

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

teacher

/ti:tʃə(r)/
(teachers)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution.
...her chemistry teacher.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

teacher

teach·er /ˈtiːʧɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count] : a person or thing that teaches something
• Experience is a good teacher. especially; : a person whose job is to teach students about certain subjects
• She is a first-grade teacher.
• a language/math/science teacher
• a teacher of driver's education