Meanings
plural educators
- A person distinguished for their educational work, a teacher.
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This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
2014 January 28, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review, volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 30
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinēducātor
- Englisheducator
From Latin ēducātor. By surface analysis, educate + -or.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعَلِّم, مُؤَدِّب
- مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- مُؤَدِّب (muʔaddib)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Catalan educador, educadora
- educadorperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- educadoraperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Chinese Mandarin 教育家, 教育者
- 教育家 (jiàoyùjiā)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- 教育者 (jiàoyùzhě)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Finnish opettaja, kasvattaja
- opettajaperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- kasvattajaperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
French éducateur, éducatrice
- éducateurperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- éducatriceperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
German Erzieher, Erzieherin
- Erzieherperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- Erzieherinperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Greek εκπαιδευτικός
- εκπαιδευτικός (ekpaideftikós)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Hindi शिक्षक
- शिक्षक (śikṣak)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Hungarian pedagógus
- pedagógusperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Japanese 教育者, 教育家
- 教育者 (kyōikusha)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- 教育家 (kyōikuka)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Korean 교육자, 교육가
- 교육자 (gyoyukja)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- 교육가 (gyoyukga)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Latin ēducātor, ēducātrīx
- ēducātorperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- ēducātrīxperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Māori kaiwhakaako, kaiako
- kaiwhakaakoperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- kaiakoperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Persian مؤدب
- مؤدب (mo'addeb)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Portuguese educador, educadora
- educadorperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- educadoraperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Romanian educator, educatoare
- educatorperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- educatoareperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Russian педаго́г, наста́вник
- педаго́г (pedagóg)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- наста́вник (nastávnik)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- наста́вница (nastávnica)person distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Spanish educador, educadora
- educadorperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- educadoraperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Swahili muelimishaji
- muelimishajiperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Swedish undervisare, utbildare
- undervisareperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- utbildareperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
Turkish eğitmen, eğitici
- eğitmenperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
- eğiticiperson distinguished for educational work — see also teacher
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Cite this entry
educator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/educator
“educator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/educator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “educator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/educator.
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