Meanings
plural 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.
1982, Hubert Ingram Bermont, The Complete Consultant: A Roadmap to Success, page 92 more examples
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.
2003 December 21, Joseph P. Fried, “The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool”, in The New York Times, page N51These behaviors and mindsets contrast with mindful eating, which means using all your physical and emotional senses to experience and enjoy the food choices you make without judgment, said Lilian Cheung, a lecturer and director of health promotion and communication in the nutrition department at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, via email.
2021 October 14, Kristen Rogers, “Mindful eating could change your food habits and overall life. Here’s how to start”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022 - A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.
- datedA member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
- Proto-Italic*legō
- Latinlegō
- Medieval Latinlēctus
- Medieval Latinlēctūra
- Late Latinlēctūra
- Middle Englishlecture
- Englishlecture
- Englishlecturer
Translations
Arabic مُحَاضِر, مُحَاضِرَة
- مُحَاضِر (muḥāḍir)person who gives lectures
- مُحَاضِرَة (muḥāḍira)person who gives lectures
Bengali প্রভাষক
- প্রভাষক (probhaśok)person who gives lectures
Bulgarian ле́ктор, ле́кторка
- ле́ктор (léktor)person who gives lectures
- ле́кторка (léktorka)person who gives lectures
Chinese Cantonese 講師 /讲师
- 講師 /讲师 (gong² si¹)person who gives lectures
Chinese Mandarin 講師 /讲师, 演講者 /演讲者
- 講師 /讲师 (jiǎngshī)person who gives lectures
- 演講者 /演讲者person who gives lectures
- 講師 /讲师 (jiǎngshī)member of university or college
Czech přednášející
- přednášejícíperson who gives lectures
Danish forelæser
- forelæserperson who gives lectures
Dutch lector
- lectorperson who gives lectures
Estonian õppejõud, lektor
- õppejõudperson who gives lectures
- lektorperson who gives lectures
Finnish luennoija, luennoitsija
- luennoijaperson who gives lectures
- luennoitsijaperson who gives lectures
- lehtorimember of university or college
- apupappidated: member of the Church of England clergy
French conférencier, lecteur
- conférencierperson who gives lectures
- lecteurperson who gives lectures
- maître de conférencesperson who gives lectures
- maître de conférencemember of university or college
German Lektor, Lektorin
- Lektorperson who gives lectures
- Lektorinperson who gives lectures
- Lektormember of university or college
- Lektorinmember of university or college
- Dozentmember of university or college
- Dozentinmember of university or college
Greek λέκτορας, επιμελητής
- λέκτορας (léktoras)person who gives lectures
- επιμελητής (epimelitís)member of university or college
- επιμελήτρια (epimelítria)member of university or college
Hebrew מַרְצֶה, מַרְצָה
- מַרְצֶה (martsé)person who gives lectures
- מַרְצָה (martsá)person who gives lectures
Hindi प्राध्यापक, व्याख्याता
- प्राध्यापक (prādhyāpak)person who gives lectures
- व्याख्याता (vyākhyātā)person who gives lectures
- लेक्चरर (lekcarar)person who gives lectures
Hungarian előadó, oktató
- előadóperson who gives lectures
- oktatóperson who gives lectures
- óraadó (tanár)person who gives lectures
- adjunktusmember of university or college
- tanársegédmember of university or college
Icelandic fyrirlesari, lektor
- fyrirlesariperson who gives lectures
- lektormember of university or college
Indonesian dosen, dosen
- dosenperson who gives lectures
- dosenmember of university or college
- lektormember of university or college
Irish léachtóir, léachtóir
- léachtóirperson who gives lectures
- léachtóirmember of university or college
Italian conferenziere
- conferenziereperson who gives lectures
Japanese 講師
- 講師 (kōshi)person who gives lectures
Korean 강사
- 강사 (gangsa)person who gives lectures
Latvian lektors, pasniedzējs
- lektorsperson who gives lectures
- pasniedzējsperson who gives lectures
Lithuanian dėstytojas, lektorius
- dėstytojasperson who gives lectures
- lektoriusperson who gives lectures
Malay pensyarah
- pensyarahperson who gives lectures
Māori kaikauhau, kaikauwhau
- kaikauhauperson who gives lectures
- kaikauwhauperson who gives lectures
Norwegian Bokmål foredragsholder, foreleser
- foredragsholderperson who gives lectures
- forelesermember of university or college
Polish wykładowca, wykładowczyni
- wykładowcaperson who gives lectures
- wykładowczyniperson who gives lectures
- wykładowcamember of university or college
- wykładowczynimember of university or college
Portuguese palestrante, docente
- palestranteperson who gives lectures
- docentemember of university or college
Romanian lector
- lectorperson who gives lectures
Russian ле́ктор, преподава́тель
- ле́ктор (léktor)person who gives lectures
- преподава́тель (prepodavátelʹ)member of university or college
- доце́нт (docént)member of university or college
Slovak prednášajúci
- prednášajúciperson who gives lectures
Spanish docente, aleccionador
- docenteperson who gives lectures
- aleccionadorperson who gives lectures
- conferencianteperson who gives lectures
- conferencistaperson who gives lectures
- lectorperson who gives lectures
- docentemember of university or college
- lectormember of university or college
Swahili mkufunzi, mhadhiri
- mkufunziperson who gives lectures
- mhadhiriperson who gives lectures
- mkufunzimember of university or college
- mkufunzidated: member of the Church of England clergy
Swedish föreläsare
- föreläsareperson who gives lectures
Thai อาจารย์, อาจารย์
- อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)person who gives lectures
- อาจารย์ (aa-jaan)member of university or college
Turkish lektör, öğretim görevlisi
- lektörperson who gives lectures
- öğretim görevlisiperson who gives lectures
Ukrainian ле́ктор, ле́кторка
- ле́ктор (léktor)person who gives lectures
- ле́кторка (léktorka)person who gives lectures
- виклада́ч (vykladáč)member of university or college
- виклада́чка (vykladáčka)member of university or college
- доце́нт (docént)member of university or college
Urdu مُدَرِّس, لیکْچَرَر
- مُدَرِّس (mudarris)person who gives lectures
- لیکْچَرَر (lekcarar)person who gives lectures
Vietnamese giảng viên
- giảng viênperson who gives lectures
Welsh darlithydd
- darlithyddperson who gives lectures
Cite this entry
lecturer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecturer
“lecturer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecturer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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