instructor English · revision 10492

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1460|origins=frm instructeur|origins=la-med instructor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪnˈstrʌk.tə/, US /ɪnˈstrʌk.tɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English instructour, from Old French instructeur and directly from Medieval Latin [[m|la-med|instructor|t=teacher]], in classical Latin a preparer,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) an agent noun from instruere, to arrange, inform, teach (see [[instruct]]).^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who instructs, a teacher: 1460 in the OED, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In American colleges, a teacher ranking below a professor is from 1722,^(OED 1989) and ''instructorship'' from 1882–83.^(OED 1989) A person who teaches a practical skill, as a driving or ski instructor, is a common modern use.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1460 – a teacher.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1722 – a college instructor (US).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1882 – instructorship.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who instructs; a [[teacher]], especially of a practical skill.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(US, Canada)'' A college or university teacher ranking below an assistant professor.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[instructorship]]

+ * [[drill instructor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[instruct]]

+ * [[instruction]]

+ * [[instructive]]

+ * [[structure]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}