home-schoolern.
/ˈhəʊmˌskuːlə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌskulər/ Education (originally and chiefly U.S.).
1. A parent (or occasionally another person) who teaches children at home.
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1979 Phi Delta Kappan 61 98/1 They are also accomplished home-schoolers, having taught their two older boys at home for four years when they lived in Boston.
1984 Frederick (Maryland) Post 26 Jan. a12/1 He'd prosecute any home-schooler because he doesn't think anyone is qualified.
1988 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 22 The parents who are homeschoolers can be found anywhere along a continuum of educational philosophies.
1994 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 17/1 Nine out of 10 home-schoolers describe themselves as conservative Christians.
2002 Weekly Standard 25 Mar. 15/2 Her being a born-again Christian and a home-schooler made her even more appealing as a symbol.
2. A child who is educated at home, esp. by his or her parents.
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1981 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. c1/1 Figures for New York City show 822 officially registered home schoolers.
1991 BackHome Fall 70/2 We saw a difference between the way homeschoolers and public school kids behaved.
2002 J. Stout in T. Dowty & K. Cowlishaw Home Educating Autistic Spectrum Children (2003) v. 80 Being a homeschooler gave him the time and resources to explore intensively and widely whatever he was interested in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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