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S: UNESCO – https://en.unesco.org/themes/teachers (last Access: 31 May 2020); Elsevier – https://www.journals.elsevier.com/teaching-and-teacher-education (last Access: 31 May 2020).

N: 1. “one who teaches,” c. 1300; agent noun from teach (v.). It was used earlier in a sense of “index finger” (late 13c.). Teacher’s pet attested from 1856.
2. One that teaches, especially: one whose occupation is to instruct.
3. The generic term for instructional staff at all levels of the educational system.
4. professor: A teacher, specifically a university teacher of the highest rank, usually in a specific field.
5. lecturer: A lecturer shall provide the services of an expert university teacher having full responsibility for the preparation and instruction of courses, including laboratory courses, and for curriculum development

S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=teacher (last access: 19 July 2020). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher (last access: 31 May 2020). 3 to 5. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=teacher&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs; https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=professor&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs; https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=lecturer&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access : 31 May 2020).

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CR: dean, doctor, education, faculty.