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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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Honeybee Bedtime Stories—A schoolteacher and a mother of two is trying to make bedtime easier with mindfulness techniques.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Introduced in 1986 by Rowland, who was formerly a schoolteacher, the American Girl line originally featured 18-inch historical dolls with authentic period outfits, accessories and a series of books.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Robinson was born to a schoolteacher and a landscape architect turned woodworker outside Edinburgh, in the eastern Lowlands of Scotland.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The titular protagonist finds this out for herself after her schoolteacher husband dies suddenly, leaving her alone to raise four children in the market town of Enniscorthy in the Irish Southeast.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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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 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
schoolteacher
noun
school·teach·er
-ˌtē-chər
: a person who teaches school
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