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Courted a strange teacher (8)

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I believe the answer is:

educator

'teacher' is the definition.
(someone who educates)

'courted a strange' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'courted'+'a'='courteda'
'courteda' is an anagram of 'EDUCATOR'.

(Other definitions for educator that I've seen before include "coach" , "mistress, say" , "One who teaches others" , "master, say" , "Pedagogue, teacher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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