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Vinony

lecturer

noun

  1. person who gives talks on certain subjects (not necessarily academic topics)
  2. tenure-track or tenured position at a university or similar institution
  3. junior or assistant curate serving in a parish
  4. person teaching in a university without being a permanent faculty member
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/ / /ˈlekt͡ʃəɹə/ / /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English lecture Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lecturer From lecture + -er.

  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.”

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