teacher
a person whose occupation is teaching
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,858 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 46,436 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person whose occupation is teaching also: instructor
- a personified abstraction that teaches books were his teachersexperience is a demanding teacher
teacher in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The teacher just stood and looked at me.
The Eternal Feminine · Carolyn Wells · Chapter 1
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Who to seeming life recall Teacher grave and pupil small?
Personal Poems I — Volume IV · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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The teacher now called out a class in geography, and began to ask questions.
Dotty Dimple at Play · Sophie May · Chapter 1
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The former was rather cold and dignified, an excellent and painstaking, though not very inspiring teacher.
The Jolliest Term on Record · Angela Brazil · Chapter 1
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Immediately afterwards, through the influence of the Herr Director, I obtained a position as private teacher in Wilhelmshagen.
Quicksands · Adolf Streckfuss · Chapter 1