Lecturer

//ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

    "The lecturers are expert on lecturing on the subject, but they offer the splatterdash method of disseminating information with no point of view of their own."

  2. 2
    a public lecturer at certain universities wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.
  4. 4
    someone who lectures professionally wordnet
  5. 5
    A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings. dated

Synonyms

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lectoracolytealmoneranagnostassistantassistant professor

Example

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"The lecturer spoke generally about American literature and specifically about Faulkner."

Etymology

From lecture + -er.

Related phrases

senior lecturervisiting lecturerassistant professorchurch of englandcollege professorgives lecturesspeech makeruniversity teacher

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