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teacher

/ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/ noun A1
  1. A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
  2. The index finger; the forefinger.
  3. An indication; a lesson.
  4. The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

Plural teachers

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Phillips might not be a very good teacher; but a pupil so inflexibly determined on learning as Anne was could hardly escape making progress under any kind of teacher.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 131 · C1
Behave yourself and do just what your teacher tells you.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 127 · C1
“Baloo has spoken, and he is our teacher for the young cubs.
The Jungle Book, p. 10 · B2
So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he splashed down among them.
The Jungle Book, p. 30 · B2

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