substitute teachern.
/ˌsʌbstᵻtjuːt ˈtiːtʃə/, /ˌsʌbstᵻtʃuːt ˈtiːtʃə/, U.S. /ˌsəbstəˌt(j)ut ˈtitʃər/ A teacher employed to fill in temporarily for another who is absent; esp. one who is regularly employed in this way. Cf. substitute n. 4c and supply teacher n. at supply n. Compounds 3. In quot. 1817: a person appointed by a senior clergyman to provide religious instruction to parishioners. Cf. substitute n. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > supply teacher
substitute1758
substitute teacher1817
supply teacher1874
relieving teacher1885
supply1893
sub1902
1817 J. Williamson Med. & Misc. Observ. W. India Islands I. 330 It is conceived that the rector of the parish should be at the head of such an undertaking..and that substitute teachers should be dispersed in convenient places, under his frequent superintendence.
1848 Dundee Courier 27 Sept. The Session laboured under a misapprehension when they thought the Presbytery had no control over Mr Sturrock, he being substitute teacher, for they had even more control over substitutes than incumbents.
1879 A. Williams Pioneer Pastorate & Times v. 51 Keeping in view the interests of education, and having secured a substitute teacher for a week, at the close of May, 1849..I made my first visit to San José.
1916 C. A. Stickney Creevey Daughter of Puritans xlviii. 250 A substitute teacher has no real authority, and youngsters understand that perfectly.
1967 Times 14 Dec. 10/8 When he came back to Boston as a substitute teacher in 1963, the common run of public schooling..was a paralysing novelty.
2004 V. Villaseñor Burro Genius (2005) ii. 25 My name is Mr. Swift and I'm your substitute teacher... Mr. Moses, from what I understand, is home sick.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1817