teacher

English

Etymology

From Middle English techere, equivalent to teach +‎ -er. More at teach.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.t͡ʃəː/, [ˈtʰɪi̯.t͡ʃəː]

    • Audio (UK):

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• (rhotic)
  • (General American, Standard Canadian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰɪi̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪi̯.t͡ʃɹ̩]

    • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: tea‧cher

Noun

teacher (plural teachers)

1. A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

2. The index finger; the forefinger.
3. An indication; a lesson.
   • 2017 February 28, Steve LeVine, “Trump Speech to Congress: The Message Was Trumpian, But The Tone Was Decidedly Not”, in Quartz‎^[1]:

     But if the last two years are a teacher, look for the bombastic tweets to resume before sunrise.

4. (Mormonism) The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

Synonyms

• (person who teaches): preceptor, educator
• (index finger): See Thesaurus:index finger

Derived terms

• co-teacher
• coteacher
• cyberteacher
• e-teacher
• experience is the best teacher
• exteacher
• ex-teacher
• failure is the best teacher
• headteacher
• head teacher
• home teacher
• microteacher
• nonteacher
• parent-teacher association
• parent-teacher organization
• parent-teacher-student association
• pastor-teacher
• plant teacher
• pupil teacher
• relief teacher
• school teacher
• schoolteacher
• student teacher
• substitute teacher
• subteacher
• superteacher
• supply teacher
• teacherage
• teacher bird
• teacher-centered
• teachercentric
• teacherdom
• teachered
• teacherese
• teacheress (archaic)
• teacherhood
• teachering
• teacherish
• teacherless
• teacherlike
• teacherly
• teacherness
• teacher planning day
• teachership
• teacher's pet
• teacher work day
• teacher workday
• teachery
• team teacher
• teleteacher
• underteacher
• unteacher

Translations

See teacher/translations § Noun.

Anagrams

• cheater, hectare, rechate, recheat, reteach

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tícher

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English techere

English teacherubor.

Spanish teacher

Unadapted borrowing from English teacher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtit͡ʃeɾ/ [ˈt̪i.t͡ʃeɾ]
• Rhymes: -itʃeɾ
• Syllabification: tea‧cher

Noun

teacher m or f by sense (plural teachers)

1. (colloquial, student's) a teacher, most commonly an ESL teacher

   Synonyms: profe, profesor

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Usage notes

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.