private teacher

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I pay $60 a month for these lessons, directly to his private teacher.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019

After completing a portrait of the Swedish ambassador’s wife, the former Princess Obolenskaya, he found himself in demand by the diplomatic colony in Moscow as a portrait painter and private teacher.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2017

Caleb Zimmerman, a 2014 graduate of The King's College, is a private teacher and will be studying philosophy in graduate school.

From Forbes • Mar. 20, 2015

"I had a private teacher who was presenting me with books and studies, and who started giving me recordings of a lot of the classical musicians in that field," McAllister explains.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2014

My middle school didn’t have much of a music program, so Mom found me a private teacher, a college student who came over once a week.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman