schoolteacher

noun

school·​teach·​er ˈskül-ˌtē-chər How to pronounce schoolteacher (audio)
: one who teaches school

Examples of schoolteacher in a Sentence

schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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The Boston City Council unanimously approved a home rule petition that would hike disability pension benefits for a former city schoolteacher who was pummeled by a 16-year-old student in a 2021 attack that left her with traumatic brain damage. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025 The first was to flash back to the schoolteacher with the soda. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025 The decade was marked by a fierce backlash against gay rights, with legislative initiatives targeting gay schoolteachers, a wave of discharges of gay servicemen and women and the birth of an alliance between the stridently anti-gay religious right and conservative politicians. Duane Michals Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 12 May 2025 On their episode, in particular, Jones plays a schoolteacher named Amanda who resorts to a high-tech brain system after a health scare nearly ends her life, while Ross plays the sales rep for the company, which infiltrates Amanda's life in unexpected ways. Stacy Lambe, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolteacher

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of schoolteacher was in 1751

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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolteacher. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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schoolteacher

noun
school·​teach·​er -ˌtē-chər How to pronounce schoolteacher (audio)
: a person who teaches school

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