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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Teacher

/tēch'-ẽr/ · Teach·er · IPA /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/
01 n. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
  1. 1.
    One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
  2. 2.
    One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
    “The teachers in all the churches assembled.” Sir W. Raleigh.