LECTURER

lector, lecturer, reader

(noun) a public lecturer at certain universities

lecturer

(noun) someone who lectures professionally

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lecturer (plural lecturers)

A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.

(dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.

Source: Wiktionary


Lec"tur*er, n.

Definition: One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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STATE

(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”


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