teacher

Plural: teachers

Noun

• A person who teaches, especially in a school.
• a person whose occupation is teaching
• a personified abstraction that teaches
  • "books were his teachers"
  • "experience is a demanding teacher"
• A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
• The index finger; the forefinger.
• An indication; a lesson.
• The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

Examples

• My Scrabble opponent played TEACHER, and I realized I had much to learn from their strategy.

Synonyms

instructor, educator, index finger, preceptor