lector
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lector
- /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer.
noun lectors · lectour
- A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
- A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
- A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union. Its lyrical, poetic flights seem much more at home in the romantic musings of two sisters competing for the attention of the new, handsome lector, a man hired to read stories to workers in a Florida cigar factory, who might otherwise be mesmerized by the repetitive boredom of their jobs.
- A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries. The Hungarian viewer of The Colbert Report wants to experience authentic American comedy, and the lector—like an interpreter performing chuchotage at a high-level meeting of heads of state—serves primarily as a check on the viewer's grasp of the real thing.
verb lectors · lectoring · lectored · lectour
- To perform service as a lector in a religious context.
- To do a voice-over translation of a film. How much of Colbert's political satire can be truly grasped by a Hungarian viewer of a lectored episode is slightly beside the point: something gets through.
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noun lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts
| 中文 | 咏者 yóng zhě |
|---|---|
| Português | leitor, leitora |
| Italiano | lettore, lettrice |
| Tiếng Việt | người đọc kinh, thầy đọc kinh, thầy đọc sách, thừa tác viên Lời Chúa |
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title = {lector},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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