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
  • The teenager loved Kennedale High School and was cherished by his classmates and teachers, the post read.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Local governments are running deficits, with many struggling to pay teachers and civil servants their salaries and benefits on time.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • In the last fiscal year, Economics Arkansas issued a record-breaking 14,034 professional development hours to 5,116 educators in 210 training sessions, and 19,507 students participated in The Stock Market Game™.
    — Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of educators
Noun
  • Everyone from the front-desk employees to the housekeepers to the yoga instructors were helpful and attentive.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But Greene says Forbes Road instructors earn $11,000 less than peers at competitive career and technical education centers.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteachers
Noun
  • There are not nearly enough supervisors, known as preceptors, willing to take on students for those 500 hours of training.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • Crazy scene postgame as Boise State and Fresno State players and coaches walk through the fans to get to the locker rooms.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Top college football coaches command NFL-caliber salaries; fired head coaches alone have collected over $1 billion in severance since 2015.
    — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of coaches
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“Rectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectors. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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