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SCHOOLTEACHER

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• SCHOOLTEACHER (noun)
The noun SCHOOLTEACHER has 1 sense:

1. a teacher in a school below the college level

Familiarity information: SCHOOLTEACHER used as a noun is very rare.

• SCHOOLTEACHER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A teacher in a school below the college level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

school teacher; schoolteacher

Hypernyms ("schoolteacher" is a kind of...):

instructor; teacher (a person whose occupation is teaching)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schoolteacher"):

games-master; games-mistress (the teacher in charge of games at a school)

mistress; schoolma'am; schoolmarm; schoolmistress (a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict))

Instance hyponyms:

John Scopes; John Thomas Scopes; Scopes (Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970))

Holonyms ("schoolteacher" is a member of...):

school (an educational institution)

"If you're in a hole, stop digging."
(English proverb)
"Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it."
(Native American proverb, Crow)
"Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer."
(Arabic proverb)
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
(Corsican proverb)

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