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noun ADJ. competent, good, inspired, skilled | bad, incompetent | qualified | experienced | inexperienced | sympathetic | senior | head | fellow | former | female, woman | male | full-time, part-time | supply, support | peripatetic | college, primary (school), school, secondary (school), Sunday school, university | class/classroom | remedial | non-specialist, specialist | language | subject | art, EFL, English, history, maths, music, PE, woodwork, etc. | spiritual VERB + TEACHER train | find (sb) TEACHER + VERB teach sth | work with sb teachers working with pupils with special educational needs TEACHER + NOUN education, training She's been accepted at Bath Teacher Training College. | trainer | association, union He is chairman of the Parent Teacher Association. | shortageJOB
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teacher
someone who teaches as their job, especially in a school:
• a high school teacher
principal
( also headteacher British English ) the teacher who is in charge of a school or college:
• The teacher sent him to the principal’s office.
tutor
someone who gives private lessons to one student or a small group of students. In Britain, a tutor is also a teacher in a university:
• They hired a tutor to help him with his English. • Your tutor will help you find a subject for your essay.
lecturer
someone who teaches in a university or college:
• University lecturers aren’t very well paid.
professor
a teacher in a college or university. In Britain, a professor is a high-ranking university teacher, especially one who is head of a department:
• She was professor of linguistics at Cambridge University.
instructor
someone who teaches a sport or a practical skill such as swimming or driving:
• He works as a ski instructor in the winter. • a driving instructor
coach
someone who helps a person or team improve in a sport:
• a professional tennis coach
educator
especially American English formal someone whose job involves teaching people, or someone who is an expert on education:
• Most educators agree that class sizes are still too big.
trainer
someone who teaches people particular skills, especially the skills they need to do a job:
• a teacher trainer • Many companies pay outside trainers to teach management skills to their staff.
governess
a woman who lived with a family and taught their children in past times:
• As a governess, Charlotte Brontë received twenty pounds a year.
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