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# schoolteacher

noun (a schoolteacher, schoolteachers)

«schoolteacher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person whose job is teaching children in a school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories it names a teacher's job, often in a village or small school. In jobs lessons it is a career that needs training. Phrases: «a primary schoolteacher», «retired schoolteacher».

### Examples

- My aunt is a schoolteacher in Dublin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#x1)
- The village schoolteacher taught all ages in one room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#x2)
- Schoolteachers mark a lot of homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#x3)
- He wants to be a schoolteacher when he grows up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#x4)
- The old schoolteacher remembered every pupil's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#x5)
- A schoolteacher needs patience and kindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/#x6)

### Note

Countable: schoolteachers. One word (sometimes «school teacher»). In everyday speech «teacher» is more common.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «schoolteacher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolteacher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«schoolteacher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/schoolteacher.html) on Mova free.