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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Synopsis: When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025 In the new thriller Holland, the Oscar winner plays a Michigan schoolteacher and homemaker who becomes obsessed investigating her suspicious husband, played by Matthew Macfadyen. Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025 His father was a civil engineer at an aviation company, and his mother was a schoolteacher and a PTA leader. News Desk, Artforum, 24 Mar. 2025 Climbing out of the poverty of her upbringing, Frame studied to be a schoolteacher but was hospitalized in her early twenties, after a suicide attempt provoked by the anxiety of her teaching assessment. Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 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 Apr. 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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