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schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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Who Is Amanda Riley? Riley is a former schoolteacher from California who gained notoriety for her fraudulent activities.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Nyree, a schoolteacher, headed upstairs to take a shower.
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Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
Her mother was a schoolteacher turned politician; her father, David Richards, was a lawyer who handled civil and voting rights cases and represented labor unions and newspapers.
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Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
An only child raised in New York City by his mother and his father, Elliot, a schoolteacher, Brody tagged along with Plachy on many of her photography assignments.
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Julie Jordan, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1751, in the meaning defined above
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolteacher. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
schoolteacher
noun
school·teach·er
-ˌtē-chər
: a person who teaches school
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