Definition of Schoolteacher

1. Noun. A teacher in a school below the college level.

Exact synonyms: School Teacher
Group relationships: School
Specialized synonyms: Games-master, Games-mistress, Mistress, Schoolma'am, Schoolmarm, Schoolmistress
Generic synonyms: Instructor, Teacher
Specialized synonyms: John Scopes, John Thomas Scopes, Scopes

Definition of Schoolteacher

1. n. One who teaches or instructs a school.

Definition of Schoolteacher

1. Noun. A teacher ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schoolteacher

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolteacher

schoolmasterly
schoolmasters
schoolmate
schoolmates
schoolmen
schoolmistress
schoolmistresses
schoolmistressly
schoolroom
schoolrooms
schools
schools of hard knocks
schools of thought
schoolship
schoolships
schoolteacher (current term)
schoolteacherish
schoolteacherly
schoolteachers
schoolteaching
schooltime
schooltimes
schoolward
schoolwards
schoolwear
schoolwide
schoolwise
schoolwork
schoolworks
schooly

Literary usage of Schoolteacher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Public Corporations Including Municipal by Charles Fisk Beach (1893)
"schoolteacher — Appointment — Contract—Removal.— The power to appoint school teachers is in the hands of the district school boards, subject to such rules ..."

2. The Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio State Teachers Association (1906)
"schoolteacher. By HS Piatt. Why fret the soul with method and device ? For whether I to learning's fount entice By lure or lash, the end remains the same ..."

3. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"That pink-and-white schoolteacher said she 'd like some one to take her in and introduce her to Sam, so take her in we had to, with Sam's hand swingin' back ..."

4. Putnam's & the Reader (1908)
"That pink-and-white schoolteacher said she 'd like some one to take her in and introduce her to Sam, so take her in we had to, with Sam's hand swingin' back ..."

5. Estonia and the Estonians by Toivo U. Raun (2001)
"The son of a rural schoolteacher, Hurt took a degree in theology at Tartu ... At various times he was a schoolteacher, tutor to Alexander IPs niece, ..."

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