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Webster 1913 Edition

Lecturer

Lec′tur-er

(-ẽr)

,

Noun.

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lecturer

LEC'TURER

, n.

1.

One who reads or pronounces lectures; a professor or an instructor who delivers formal discourses for the instruction of others.

2.

A preacher in a church, hired by the parish to assist the rector, vicar or curate.

Definition 2024

lecturer

lecturer

English

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.

Translations

person who gives lectures

Arabic: مُحَاضِر m ‎(muḥāḍir)
Armenian: դասախոս (hy) ‎(dasaxos)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 講師 (zh), 讲师 (zh) ‎(jiǎngshī), 演讲者
Czech: přednášející
Finnish: luennoija (fi), luennoitsija (fi)
French: conférencier (fr) m
German: Lektor (de) m, Lektorin (de) f
Greek: λέκτορας (el) m, f ‎(léktoras)
Hindi: प्राध्यापक (hi) m ‎(prādhyāpak)
Hungarian: előadó (hu)
Icelandic: fyrirlesari m
Indonesian: dosen (id)

Irish: léachtóir m
Italian: conferenziere m
Japanese: 講師 (ja) ‎(こうし, kōshi)
Malay: pensyarah
Maori: kaikauhau, kaikauwhau
Meru: muritani
Polish: wykładowca (pl) m
Portuguese: palestrante (pt) m, f
Russian: ле́ктор (ru) m ‎(léktor)
Spanish: docente (es) m
Swahili: mkufunzi (sw)
Swedish: föreläsare (sv) c
Thai: อาจารย์ (th) ‎(aa-jaan)
Welsh: darlithydd (cy) m

member of university or college

Armenian: դասախոս (hy) ‎(dasaxos)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 讲师 (zh)
Finnish: lehtori (fi)
French: maître de conférence (fr) m
German: Lektor (de) m, Lektorin (de) f, Dozent (de) m, Dozentin (de) f
Greek: επιμελητής (el) m ‎(epimelitís), επιμελήτρια (el) f ‎(epimelítria)
Icelandic: lektor m

Indonesian: dosen (id)
Irish: léachtóir m
Occitan: lector (oc) m, lectritz (oc) f
Polish: wykładowca (pl) m
Portuguese: docente (pt) m f
Russian: преподава́тель (ru) m ‎(prepodavátelʹ)
Spanish: docente (es) m, f
Swahili: mkufunzi (sw)
Thai: อาจารย์ (th) ‎(aa-jaan)

dated: member of the Church of England clergy

Finnish: apupappi

Swahili: mkufunzi (sw)