See Also: teacher(dictionary)
teacher's pet(dictionary)
teacher(dictionary)
supply teacher(dictionary)
substitute teacher(dictionary)
head teacher(dictionary)
form teacher(dictionary)
Teacher-to-child ratio(health)
parent-teacher association(dictionary)
TEACHER Credit Union(finance)

teacher (iou)



teacher noun. ME.
[from TEACH verb + -ER1.]
A thing which shows something or points something out; spec. the index finger. rare. Only in ME.
a. A person who or thing which teaches or instructs; an instructor; esp. a person employed to teach in a school. ME.
teacher appraisal, teacher-librarian, teacher-training, teacher-tutor, etc. ELEMENTARY teacher. primary teacher: see PRIMARY adjective. secondary teacher: see SECONDARY adjective. supply teacher: see SUPPLY noun.
C. Phillips An English literature teacher decided to demonstrate his knowledge. fig.: Wordsworth His daily teachers had been woods and rills. attrib.:
b. In the early Congregational churches of New England, one of several officers appointed to give religious instruction. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
Comb.: teacher edition an edition prepared especially for the use of teachers; teachers' aide an assistant employed to help the teaching staff of a school in a variety of ancillary and supervisory duties; teacher's pet the favourite pupil of a teacher (lit. & fig.).
teacheress noun (now rare or obsolete) a female teacher LME.
teacherly adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a teacher L17.
teachership noun the office or function of a teacher M19.