Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who instructs; a teacher.
- n. A college or university teacher who ranks below an assistant professor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who instructs; a teacher; a person who imparts knowledge to another by precept or information.
- n. Specifically, in American colleges, a teacher inferior in rank to a professor. The exact meaning of the term varies in different institutions. See tutor.
Wiktionary
- n. One who instructs; a teacher
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person whose occupation is teaching
Examples
“I have to make note that the instructor is a big jerk off anyways – he never returned calls or emails, never available for help, and neither was the student assistant he had.”
“If you are at a dance studio, find out who their instructor is and talk to that person.”
“I'm a spin instructor, and I hate to admit, but I would have done the same thing!!”
“The instructor is an older gentlemen, well-respected, and quite experienced, yet he broke at least 2 or 3 rules of gun safety.”
I have just completed my concealed carry handgun course in NC.
“Crossroads has a partnership with the Bell Museum and their I-Zone instructor is actually a scientist-in-residence who is a curator at the Bell.”
“I also had him collect all the transfer requirements of each college on his list -- transcripts, letters of recommendation, high school forms, standardized grades, mid-term instructor updates, and required essays.”
The Huffington Post: Rebecca Joseph: 10 Tips For Prospective College Transfer Students
“My instructor is a captain in the city police force.”
“Bucky Cantor, a young phys ed instructor, is the director of a summer sports program in Weequahic, and in the arresting opening scene, Italian toughs arrive at his playground.”
The Washington Post: Philip Roth's "Nemesis," reviewed by Roxana Robinson
“After allowing students to discuss it, the instructor is instructed to give them the final verdict.”
“But communicating with your instructor is one thing; things out in the street are a bit different.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘instructor’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Kangaroo Words
Words containing letters in sequence, together or apart, that form a definition or instance of the subsuming word. E.g., conTAmINaTe = the kangaroo word. TAINT = the joey. Theme from a NYT X-word ...
encourage, chariot, precipitation, neurotic, feaster, unsightly, charisma, inheritor, masculine, honorable, contaminate, regulate and 103 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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Get Schooled
education, school, student, pupil, college, university, classroom, teaching, public school, private school, parochial school, catholic school and 52 more...
Tweets
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