teacher

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.t͡ʃə/, [ˈtʰiː.t͡ʃə]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰi.t͡ʃɚ]

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• Hyphenation: teach‧er
• Rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ)

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.

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

• cheater, hectare, rechate, recheat, reteach

• tícher

Unadapted borrowing from English teacher.

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

teacher m or f by sense (plural teachers)

1. a teacher of English

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• 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.