lecturer

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English

Etymology

From lecture +‎ -er.

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Noun

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lecturer (plural lecturers)

  1. A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
    • 1982, Hubert Ingram Bermont, The Complete Consultant: A Roadmap to Success, page 9:
      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.
    • 2003 December 21, Joseph P. Fried, “The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool”, in The New York Times, page N51:
      Mr. Abel, who lives in Westport, Conn., has earned his bread as a writer and lecturer on problem-solving tactics, and he has earned a reputation as a duke of dupery since 1959, when he masterminded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals.
  2. A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.
  3. (dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.

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