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lecturer
- /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/ UK
- /ˈlekt͡ʃəɹə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹɚ/ Canada, US
noun lecturers
- 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.
- A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.
- 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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Closest in meaning: reader, lector, educator, tutor, schoolteacher, professor, instructor, teacher, assistant, master, teaching, speaker, presenter, course, keynote, chargé
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noun person who gives lectures
| Español | docente, aleccionador, conferenciante, conferencista, lector |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 강사 gangsa |
| 日本語 | 講師 kōshi |
| 中文 | 講師 /讲师 jiǎngshī, 演講者 /演讲者 |
| हिन्दी | प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak, व्याख्याता vyākhyātā, लेक्चरर lekcarar |
| Kiswahili | mkufunzi, mhadhiri |
| Português | palestrante |
| Français | conférencier, lecteur, maître de conférences |
| Deutsch | Lektor, Lektorin |
| Italiano | conferenziere |
| Ελληνικά | λέκτορας léktoras |
| Română | lector |
| Русский | ле́ктор léktor |
| Tiếng Việt | giảng viên |
| العربية | مُحَاضِر muḥāḍir, مُحَاضِرَة muḥāḍira |
| עברית | מַרְצֶה martsé, מַרְצָה martsá |
noun member of university or college
| Español | docente, lector |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 講師 /讲师 jiǎngshī |
| Kiswahili | mkufunzi |
| Português | docente |
| Français | maître de conférence |
| Deutsch | Lektor, Lektorin, Dozent, Dozentin |
| Ελληνικά | επιμελητής epimelitís, επιμελήτρια epimelítria |
| Русский | преподава́тель prepodavátelʹ, доце́нт docént |
noun dated: member of the Church of England clergy
| Kiswahili | mkufunzi |
|---|
Talk about this word "lecturer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lecturer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lecturer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lecturer "lecturer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lecturer.Cite this
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title = {lecturer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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