rectors

noun

plural of rector
as in teachers

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  1. teachers
  2. educators
  3. instructors
  4. schoolteachers
  5. preceptors
  6. coaches
Noun
  • With that money, the foundation offered to train 82 Orange County public school teachers for free.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The law requires districts developing their policies to obtain input from teachers’ representatives, administrators and parents or guardians.
    — Kavin Bendre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • In 2025 alone, Abbott said Texas saw more than 1,600 allegations of improper relationships between educators and students.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The district also took time to highlight its multilingual educators.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of educators
Noun
  • By 2021 only 32% had that status, and the rest were adjunct instructors or contract faculty.
    — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Suddenly there are multiple instructors, schedules and communities and thousands of parent interactions.
    — Ignacio Carranza, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • Burnham has said that his Catholic schoolteachers helped shape his political consciousness.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 June 2026
  • At those gatherings, there will be fans like these two schoolteachers, who have saved their money for decades to watch the world’s best play all over the world.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
Definition of schoolteachers
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  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of preceptors
Noun
  • The most notable figures to call for that have been two of the previous three coaches before Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Xabi Alonso.
    — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Some of this season’s top college football transfers simply followed their coaches from one school to another.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of coaches
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