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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who instructs; a teacher.
- noun A college or university teacher who ranks below an assistant professor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who instructs; a teacher; a person who imparts knowledge to another by precept or information.
- noun Specifically, in American colleges, a teacher inferior in rank to a professor. The exact meaning of the term varies in different institutions. See
tutor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
instructs ; a teacher
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person whose occupation is teaching
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Examples
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I have to make note that the instructor is a big jerk off anyways – he never returned calls or emails, never available for help, and neither was the student assistant he had.
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If you are at a dance studio, find out who their instructor is and talk to that person.
Dance Etiquette 2006
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If you are at a dance studio, find out who their instructor is and talk to that person.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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I also had him collect all the transfer requirements of each college on his list -- transcripts, letters of recommendation, high school forms, standardized grades, mid-term instructor updates, and required essays.
Rebecca Joseph: 10 Tips For Prospective College Transfer Students Rebecca Joseph 2011
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I also had him collect all the transfer requirements of each college on his list -- transcripts, letters of recommendation, high school forms, standardized grades, mid-term instructor updates, and required essays.
Rebecca Joseph: 10 Tips For Prospective College Transfer Students Rebecca Joseph 2011
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I'm a spin instructor, and I hate to admit, but I would have done the same thing!!
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The instructor is an older gentlemen, well-respected, and quite experienced, yet he broke at least 2 or 3 rules of gun safety.
I have just completed my concealed carry handgun course in NC. 2009
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My instructor is a captain in the city police force.
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The instructor is an older gentlemen, well-respected, and quite experienced, yet he broke at least 2 or 3 rules of gun safety.
I have just completed my concealed carry handgun course in NC. 2009
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Crossroads has a partnership with the Bell Museum and their I-Zone instructor is actually a scientist-in-residence who is a curator at the Bell.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
Related Words
synonyms (91)
Words with the same meaning
- Dutch uncle
- Polonius
- abecedarian
- academe
- academician
- admonisher
- adviser
- aeronaut
- aeroplaner
- aeroplanist
- air pilot
- airplanist
- assistant
- assistant professor
- associate
- associate professor
- astronaut
- aviator
- backseat driver
- barnstormer
- birdman
- buttinsky
- captain
- certified teacher
- cloud seeder
- coach
- commercial pilot
- confidant
- consultant
- copilot
- counsel
- counselor
- crop-duster
- docent
- doctor
- dominie
- don
- educationist
- educator
- emeritus
- expert
- fellow
- flier
- forerunner
- guide
- guru
- jet jockey
- kibitzer
- lecturer
- licensed pilot
- maestro
- master
- meddler
- melamed
- mentor
- mistress
- monitor
- mullah
- nestor
- orienter
- pandit
- pathfinder
- pedagogist
- pedagogue
- pilot
- preceptist
- preceptor
- preparationist
- preparator
- preparer
- professor
- professor emeritus
- pundit
- rabbi
- rainmaker
- reader
- retired professor
- scholastic
- schoolkeeper
- schoolmaster
- schoolteacher
- starets
- stunt flier
- stunt man
- teacher
- test pilot
- trailblazer
- trainer
- tutor
- visiting professor
- wingman
hyponyms (27)
Words more specific or concrete
- art teacher
- bahai
- catechist
- coach
- dance master
- dancing-master
- demonstrator
- docent
- don
- english professor
- english teacher
- french teacher
- governess
- instructress
- math teacher
- mathematics teacher
- missionary
- music teacher
- preceptor
- private instructor
- reading teacher
- riding master
- school-teacher
- science teacher
- section man
- teaching fellow
- tutor
mollusque commented on the word instructor
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April 26, 2008