schoolteacher
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- schoolteaching noun
Etymology
Origin of schoolteacher
Example Sentences
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Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
The second part honors David Rhys Jones, a schoolteacher at Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi in Cardigan, Wales, who taught the study's lead author.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Sean Robinson, a 54-year-old schoolteacher in the US capital Washington, did not realize how high gas prices had gotten until he arrived at the pump on Friday.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
A slow-developing, on-again, off-again love-and-marriage arc with schoolteacher Louisa Glasson, played by the divine Caroline Catz, made every season finale a cliffhanger.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
“We can do anything we want now, even though we aren’t going to school. In fact, we can do anything we feel like because we don’t have any schoolteacher telling us what to do!”
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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