# educator

Pronunciation: US say "EJ-uh-kay-tur" /ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɚ/; UK say "ED-yoo-kay-tuh" /ˈɛdʒʊkeɪtə/

## Noun

1. A person distinguished for their work in teaching or education.
   - Simple: A person whose job is teaching, especially one who does it very well.
   - _The lecture honored a pioneering educator who reshaped how schools teach science._
   - _Several respected educators were invited to advise the committee on reforming the curriculum._

## Origin

From Latin ēducātor; by surface analysis, formed from "educate" plus the suffix "-or".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/educator (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).