English teacher
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- noun
- /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈtiːtʃər/
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profesor de inglés
- My high school English teacher inspired me to read classic literature.
- high school English teacher
- middle school English teacher
- secondary English teacher
This was my ninth grade English teacher, Miss Brownlee.
- This was my ninth grade English teacher, Miss Brownlee.
- And she was married to a guy who was an English teacher as well.
- And then this Gall and my wife, the English teacher, told me my grammar's not always correct.
- And I walked in the first day and this English teacher name's Carol Combs.
- My, my mom was an English teacher and my dad was a, a history teacher.
- Wilcox, you know, like she's my English teacher.
- I remember in in high school, I had an English teacher who kind of changed the course of my life.
- And I, so I, I sent this to my mom and she's an English teacher in the Boston suburbs.
- In this case, to mix my metaphors, which would make my high school English teacher very angry.
- Like, my mother was an English teacher.
Examples
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This was my ninth grade English teacher, Miss Brownlee.
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I began my teaching career as a high school English teacher, working in isolation in my classroom.
Academic text (2015) -
And so the English teacher agreed to give her the class for a while.
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And the next week in that class, my English teacher again showed us a movie.
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I remember in in high school, I had an English teacher who kind of changed the course of my life.
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And she was married to a guy who was an English teacher as well.
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And what we're looking for here is the same thing as your English teacher would be looking for, right?
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I'm a middle school English teacher.
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Now, I would like to introduce you to the new English teacher, Miss Campbell.
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Christine Becken is a former high school English teacher living in Massachusetts.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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A college or university teacher who teaches English language and literature
How Experienced
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6
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who teaches the English language' is directly and compositionally derived from 'English' (the language/subject) modifying 'teacher' (someone who teaches). This modifier+head pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal noun phrase composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
English teacher simply joins English (the language) and teacher (someone who teaches), so imagine a classroom where a teacher writes 'hello' on the board to show the language. That's why it means 'a person who teaches the English language'.