Meanings
nouninstructor (plural instructors)
plural instructors · alternative obsolete instructour
- One who instructs; a teacher.
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According to the National Centre for Education Statistics' most recent numbers (2012), 50% of instructors at degree-granting institutions in the US are part-time. […] Through teaching as an adjunct instructor while still a graduate student, I've had the luxury of developing my career: testing out teaching strategies, exploring innovative courses, and developing relationships with students – all while working on my dissertation.
2014 March 14, Jacqueline Taylor, “Life without tenure: how I've found fulfilment in US academia”, in The GuardianSynonyms: instructer
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nounOne who instructs; a teacher.
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Origin
- Latininstructor
- Englishinstructor
From Latin instructor, equivalent to instruct + -or.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κατηχητής, διδάσκαλος
- κατηχητής (katēkhētḗs)one who instructs; a teacher
- διδάσκαλος (didáskalos)one who instructs; a teacher
Arabic مُعَلِّم, مُعَلِّمَة
- مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)one who instructs; a teacher
- مُعَلِّمَة (muʕallima)one who instructs; a teacher
Bengali মুর্শিদ, মুয়াল্লিম
- মুর্শিদ (murśid)one who instructs; a teacher
- মুয়াল্লিম (muẏallim)one who instructs; a teacher
Bulgarian инстру́ктор
- инстру́ктор (instrúktor)one who instructs; a teacher
Catalan instructor
- instructorone who instructs; a teacher
Chinese Mandarin 教練 /教练
- 教練 /教练 (jiàoliàn)one who instructs; a teacher
Czech instruktor
- instruktorone who instructs; a teacher
Danish instruktør
- instruktørone who instructs; a teacher
Dutch leermeester, leermeesteres
- leermeesterone who instructs; a teacher
- leermeesteresone who instructs; a teacher
- instructeurone who instructs; a teacher
- instructriceone who instructs; a teacher
Estonian instruktor
- instruktorone who instructs; a teacher
Finnish opettaja, kouluttaja
- opettajaone who instructs; a teacher
- kouluttajaone who instructs; a teacher
- ohjaajaone who instructs; a teacher
French instructeur, instructrice
- instructeurone who instructs; a teacher
- instructriceone who instructs; a teacher
German Ausbilder, Ausbilderin
- Ausbilderone who instructs; a teacher
- Ausbilderinone who instructs; a teacher
- Lehrenderone who instructs; a teacher
- Lehrendeone who instructs; a teacher
- Lehrerone who instructs; a teacher
- Lehrerinone who instructs; a teacher
- Dozentone who instructs; a teacher
- Dozentinone who instructs; a teacher
Greek διδάσκαλος, διδασκάλισσα
- διδάσκαλος (didáskalos)one who instructs; a teacher
- διδασκάλισσα (didaskálissa)one who instructs; a teacher
- δάσκαλος (dáskalos)one who instructs; a teacher
- δασκάλα (daskála)one who instructs; a teacher
- εκπαιδευτής (ekpaideftís)one who instructs; a teacher
- εκπαιδεύτρια (ekpaidéftria)one who instructs; a teacher
Hindi अनुदेशक, शिक्षक
- अनुदेशक (anudeśak)one who instructs; a teacher
- शिक्षक (śikṣak)one who instructs; a teacher
- शिक्षिका (śikṣikā)one who instructs; a teacher
- अध्यापक (adhyāpak)one who instructs; a teacher
- अध्यापिका (adhyāpikā)one who instructs; a teacher
Hungarian oktató, tanár
- oktatóone who instructs; a teacher
- tanárone who instructs; a teacher
Italian istruttore, insegnante
- istruttoreone who instructs; a teacher
- insegnanteone who instructs; a teacher
Japanese インストラクター, 教師
- インストラクター (insutorakutā)one who instructs; a teacher
- 教師 (kyōshi)one who instructs; a teacher
Korean 강사, 교사
- 강사 (gangsa)one who instructs; a teacher
- 교사 (gyosa)one who instructs; a teacher
Latin docens, praeceptor
- docensone who instructs; a teacher
- praeceptorone who instructs; a teacher
- praeceptrixone who instructs; a teacher
Norwegian Bokmål instruktør, instruktrise
- instruktørone who instructs; a teacher
- instruktriseone who instructs; a teacher
- instruktørinneone who instructs; a teacher
Persian آموزگار, مدرس
- آموزگار (âmuzgâr)one who instructs; a teacher
- مدرس (modarres)one who instructs; a teacher
- معلم (mo'allem)one who instructs; a teacher
Polish instruktor, instruktorka
- instruktorone who instructs; a teacher
- instruktorkaone who instructs; a teacher
Portuguese instrutor, instrutora
- instrutorone who instructs; a teacher
- instrutoraone who instructs; a teacher
- instructorone who instructs; a teacher
- instructoraone who instructs; a teacher
Romanian instructor, instructoare
- instructorone who instructs; a teacher
- instructoareone who instructs; a teacher
Russian инстру́ктор, инстру́кторша
- инстру́ктор (instrúktor)one who instructs; a teacher
- инстру́кторша (instrúktorša)one who instructs; a teacher
- преподава́тель (prepodavátelʹ)one who instructs; a teacher
- преподава́тельница (prepodavátelʹnica)one who instructs; a teacher
- учи́тель (učítelʹ)one who instructs; a teacher
- учи́тельница (učítelʹnica)one who instructs; a teacher
- тре́нер (tréner)one who instructs; a teacher
- тре́нерша (trénerša)one who instructs; a teacher
Spanish instructor, instructora
- instructorone who instructs; a teacher
- instructoraone who instructs; a teacher
Swedish instruktör, instruktris
- instruktörone who instructs; a teacher
- instruktrisone who instructs; a teacher
- handledareone who instructs; a teacher
- handledarinnaone who instructs; a teacher
- lärareone who instructs; a teacher
- lärarinnaone who instructs; a teacher
- utbildareone who instructs; a teacher
Tagalog dalubturo, Dtro.
- dalubturoone who instructs; a teacher
- Dtro.one who instructs; a teacher
Thai อาจารย์
- อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)one who instructs; a teacher
Ukrainian інстру́ктор, інстру́кторка
- інстру́ктор (instrúktor)one who instructs; a teacher
- інстру́кторка (instrúktorka)one who instructs; a teacher
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instructor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructor
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“instructor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instructor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructor.
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