English > school teacher: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A teacher in a school below the college level. |
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| Synonym | schoolteacher |
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| Instances | Scopes, John Scopes, John Thomas Scopes | Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution |
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| Member of | school | An educational institution |
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| Narrower | games-master, games-mistress | The teacher in charge of games / games at a school |
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| schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress | A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) |
| Broader | teacher, instructor | A person whose occupation is teaching |
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| Spanish | maestra, maestro, profesora, profesor |
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| Catalan | mestra, mestre, professora, professor |
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