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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Her teachers and counselor encouraged her to pursue higher education despite her parents’ stance.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Its most passionate and informed teachers, current and former players say, usually aren’t assistant coaches in an NFL building but players.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
More recently, Lockhart appeared intermittently as matriarch Maria Ramirez on General Hospital and guest-starred as Ryan Stiles’ mother on The Drew Carey Show, as the Tanner girls’ kindergarten teacher on Full House and as the grandmother of Tori Spelling on Beverly Hills, 90210.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Throughout his life, Chefitz collected a long list of accomplishments as a rabbi and teacher.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Its most passionate and informed teachers, current and former players say, usually aren’t assistant coaches in an NFL building but players.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
More recently, Lockhart appeared intermittently as matriarch Maria Ramirez on General Hospital and guest-starred as Ryan Stiles’ mother on The Drew Carey Show, as the Tanner girls’ kindergarten teacher on Full House and as the grandmother of Tori Spelling on Beverly Hills, 90210.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Throughout his life, Chefitz collected a long list of accomplishments as a rabbi and teacher.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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