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Webster 1913 Edition
Instructor
In-struct′or
,Noun.
[L., a preparer: cf. F.
instructeur
.] [Written also
instructer
.] One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.
Webster 1828 Edition
Instructor
INSTRUCT'OR
,Noun.
1.
The preceptor of a school or seminary of learning; any president, professor or tutor, whose business is to teach languages, literature or the sciences; any professional man who teaches the principles of his profession.Definition 2024
instructor
instructor
English
Alternative forms
- instructour (obsolete)
Noun
instructor (plural instructors)
- One who instructs; a teacher
Synonyms
- instructer (much less common)
Translations
one who instructs; a teacher
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Adjective
instructor m (feminine instructora, masculine plural instructors, feminine plural instructores)
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈstruk.tor/, [ĩːˈstrʊk.tɔr]
Noun
īnstructor m (genitive īnstructōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnstructor | īnstructōrēs |
| genitive | īnstructōris | īnstructōrum |
| dative | īnstructōrī | īnstructōribus |
| accusative | īnstructōrem | īnstructōrēs |
| ablative | īnstructōre | īnstructōribus |
| vocative | īnstructor | īnstructōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: instructor
- French: instructeur
- Italian: istruttore
- Russian: инстру́ктор (instrúktor)
- Spanish: instructor
References
- instructor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- instructor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- INSTRUCTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “instructor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Noun
instructor m (plural instructores, feminine instructora, feminine plural instructoras)
- Superseded spelling of instrutor (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).