"instructor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: instructors [plural]
Etymology: From Latin instructor. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|instructor}} Latin instructor Head templates: {{en-noun}} instructor (plural instructors)
  1. One who instructs; a teacher. Categories (topical): Directives, Occupations, People Synonyms: instructer (english: much less common), instructour [obsolete] Hyponyms: instructress [dated, feminine], instructrix [dated, feminine] Derived forms: drill instructor Related terms: instruct Translations (one who instructs; a teacher): κατηχητής (katēkhētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), διδάσκαλος (didáskalos) (Ancient Greek), مُعَلِّم (muʕallim) [masculine] (Arabic), مُعَلِّمَة (muʕallima) [feminine] (Arabic), інстру́ктар (instrúktar) [masculine] (Belarusian), інстру́ктарка (instrúktarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), মুর্শিদ (murśid) (Bengali), মুয়াল্লিম (muẏallim) (Bengali), инстру́ктор (instrúktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), instructor [masculine] (Catalan), хьехархо (ḥʳexarxo) (Chechen), 教練 (Chinese Mandarin), 教练 (jiàoliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), instruktor [masculine] (Czech), instruktør [common-gender] (Danish), leermeester [masculine] (Dutch), leermeesteres [feminine] (Dutch), instructeur [masculine] (Dutch), instructrice [feminine] (Dutch), instruktor (Estonian), opettaja (Finnish), kouluttaja (Finnish), ohjaaja (Finnish), instructeur [masculine] (French), instructrice [feminine] (French), instrutor [masculine] (Galician), Ausbilder [masculine] (German), Ausbilderin [feminine] (German), Lehrender [masculine] (German), Lehrende [feminine] (German), Lehrer [masculine] (German), Lehrerin [feminine] (German), Dozent (english: university-level) [masculine] (German), Dozentin (english: university-level) [feminine] (German), διδάσκαλος (didáskalos) [masculine] (Greek), διδασκάλισσα (didaskálissa) [feminine] (Greek), δάσκαλος (dáskalos) [masculine] (Greek), δασκάλα (daskála) [feminine] (Greek), εκπαιδευτής (ekpaideftís) [masculine] (Greek), εκπαιδεύτρια (ekpaidéftria) [feminine] (Greek), oktató (Hungarian), tanár (Hungarian), istruttore (Italian), insegnante (Italian), インストラクター (insutorakutā) (Japanese), 教師 (kyōshi) (alt: きょうし) (Japanese), 강사 (gangsa) (alt: 講師) (Korean), 교사 (gyosa) (alt: 敎師) (Korean), нускоочу (nuskoocu) (Kyrgyz), docens [feminine, masculine] (Latin), praeceptor [masculine] (Latin), praeceptrix [feminine] (Latin), instruktør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), instruktrise [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), instruktørinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), instruktør [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), instruktrise [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آموزگار (âmuzgâr) (Persian), مدرس (modarres) (Persian), معلم (mo'allem) (Persian), instruktor [masculine] (Polish), instruktorka [feminine] (Polish), instrutor [masculine] (Portuguese), instrutora [feminine] (Portuguese), instructor (note: obsolete spelling) [masculine] (Portuguese), instructora (note: obsolete spelling) [feminine] (Portuguese), instructor [masculine] (Romanian), instructoare [feminine] (Romanian), инстру́ктор (instrúktor) [masculine] (Russian), инстру́кторша (instrúktorša) [feminine] (Russian), преподава́тель (prepodavátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), преподава́тельница (prepodavátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), учи́тель (učítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), учи́тельница (učítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), тре́нер (tréner) [masculine] [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Russian), тре́нерша (trénerša) [feminine] [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Russian), instructor [masculine] (Spanish), instructora [feminine] (Spanish), instruktör [common-gender] (Swedish), instruktris [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), handledare [common-gender] (Swedish), handledarinna [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), lärare [common-gender] (Swedish), lärarinna [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), utbildare [common-gender] (Swedish), dalubturo (Tagalog), Dtro. (Tagalog), омӯзгор (omüzgor) (Tajik), муаллим (muallim) (Tajik), อาจารย์ (aa-jaan) (Thai), інстру́ктор (instrúktor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), інстру́кторка (instrúktorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
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        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "ḥʳexarxo",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "хьехархо"
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          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "jiàoliàn",
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktor"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "leermeester"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "opettaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "kouluttaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "ohjaaja"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausbilder"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausbilderin"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Lehrender"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lehrende"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lehrer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lehrerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "university-level",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dozent"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "university-level",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Dozentin"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "didáskalos",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "διδάσκαλος"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "didaskálissa",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "διδασκάλισσα"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dáskalos",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δάσκαλος"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "daskála",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "δασκάλα"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekpaideftís",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εκπαιδευτής"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekpaidéftria",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εκπαιδεύτρια"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "katēkhētḗs",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κατηχητής"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "didáskalos",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "διδάσκαλος"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "oktató"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "tanár"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "istruttore"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "insegnante"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "insutorakutā",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "インストラクター"
        },
        {
          "alt": "きょうし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōshi",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "教師"
        },
        {
          "alt": "講師",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gangsa",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "강사"
        },
        {
          "alt": "敎師",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyosa",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "교사"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "nuskoocu",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "нускоочу"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "docens"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "praeceptor"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "praeceptrix"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktør"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktrise"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktørinne"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktør"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktrise"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âmuzgâr",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "آموزگار"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "modarres",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "مدرس"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mo'allem",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "معلم"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktorka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instrutor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instrutora"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "obsolete spelling",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instructor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "obsolete spelling",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instructora"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instructor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instructoare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "instrúktor",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "инстру́ктор"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "instrúktorša",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "инстру́кторша"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prepodavátelʹ",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "преподава́тель"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prepodavátelʹnica",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "преподава́тельница"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "učítelʹ",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "учи́тель"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "učítelʹnica",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "учи́тельница"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tréner",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "sports",
            "hobbies",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "тре́нер"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trénerša",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "sports",
            "hobbies",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "тре́нерша"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "instructor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instructora"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "instruktör"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instruktris"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "handledare"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "handledarinna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lärare"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lärarinna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "utbildare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "dalubturo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "Dtro."
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "omüzgor",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "омӯзгор"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "muallim",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "муаллим"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "aa-jaan",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "word": "อาจารย์"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "instrúktor",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "інстру́ктор"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "instrúktorka",
          "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "інстру́кторка"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "instructor"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "drill instructor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "instructor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin instructor",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin instructor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "instructors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "instructor (plural instructors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructress"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructrix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "instruct"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Directives",
        "en:Occupations",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who instructs; a teacher."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ],
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "much less common",
      "word": "instructer"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "instructour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕallim",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعَلِّم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕallima",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعَلِّمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "instrúktar",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "інстру́ктар"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "instrúktarka",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інстру́ктарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "murśid",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "মুর্শিদ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "muẏallim",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "মুয়াল্লিম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "instrúktor",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инстру́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instructor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "ḥʳexarxo",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "хьехархо"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "教練"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàoliàn",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "教练"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktor"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "instruktør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leermeester"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leermeesteres"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instructeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "instruktor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "opettaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "kouluttaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "ohjaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instructeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrutor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausbilder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausbilderin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lehrender"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lehrende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lehrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lehrerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "university-level",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dozent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "university-level",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dozentin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "didáskalos",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διδάσκαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "didaskálissa",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διδασκάλισσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dáskalos",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δάσκαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "daskála",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δασκάλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekpaideftís",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εκπαιδευτής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekpaidéftria",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκπαιδεύτρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katēkhētḗs",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κατηχητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "didáskalos",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "διδάσκαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "oktató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "tanár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "istruttore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "insegnante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insutorakutā",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "インストラクター"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōshi",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "教師"
    },
    {
      "alt": "講師",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gangsa",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "강사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "敎師",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyosa",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "교사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "nuskoocu",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "нускоочу"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "docens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praeceptor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praeceptrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktrise"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktørinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktrise"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âmuzgâr",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "آموزگار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "modarres",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "مدرس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'allem",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "معلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrutor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instrutora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "obsolete spelling",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instructor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "obsolete spelling",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instructor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "instrúktor",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инстру́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "instrúktorša",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инстру́кторша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepodavátelʹ",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "преподава́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepodavátelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "преподава́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učítelʹ",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "учи́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učítelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "учи́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tréner",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "тре́нер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trénerša",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "тре́нерша"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instructor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instructora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "instruktör"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instruktris"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handledare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "handledarinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lärare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lärarinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utbildare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "dalubturo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "Dtro."
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "omüzgor",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "омӯзгор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muallim",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "муаллим"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-jaan",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "word": "อาจารย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "instrúktor",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "інстру́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "instrúktorka",
      "sense": "one who instructs; a teacher",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інстру́кторка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "instructor"
}

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