different between teacher vs grammatist

English

Etymology

From Middle English techere, equivalent to teach +? -er. More at teach.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tit???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ti?t???/
• Rhymes: -i?t??(?)
• Hyphenation: teach?er

Noun

teacher (plural teachers)

1. A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.
2. The index finger; the forefinger.
3. An indication; a lesson.
4. (Mormonism) The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

Synonyms

• (person who teaches): preceptor
• (index finger): See Thesaurus:index finger

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• cheater, hectare, rechate, recheat, reteach

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tícher

Etymology

Borrowed from English teacher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tit??e?/, [?t?i.t??e?]

Noun

teacher m or f (plural teachers)

1. a teacher of English

English

Etymology

From the French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek ???????????? (grammatist?s), from ?????? (grámma, “letter”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gr??m?t?st, IPA^(key): /???æm?t?st/

Noun

grammatist (plural grammatists)

1. (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
   • 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.

     The grammatist, apparently, taught literature in so far as it was read while the citharist taught the poetry which was usually sung.
2. A grammarian.

Derived terms

• grammatistical

Related terms

• grammar
• grammarian

Translations