lector

ˈlɛktə

Definition

Definition of lector - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

religion

Rare

lay person reading religious texts in church services

Rare

The lector read the scripture during the mass.

narrator

preacher

reader

academic title

Rare

university or college teacher below professor rank

Rare

He was appointed as a lector at the university..

instructor

lecturer

film

Rare

person doing voice-over translations for foreign films

Rare

The lector translated the dialogue for the Polish audience.

narrator

translator

history

Dated

person reading to entertain workers in cigar factories

Dated

The lector read novels to the cigar workers every afternoon.

narrator

reader

reciter

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Origin of lector

Latin, lector (reader)

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lectorship

academic role

position of a lector in a university

Examples of lector in a sentence

During the service, the lector stood at the podium.
The lector gave an engaging lecture on medieval history.
As a lector, she inspired many students.
The lector's voice was familiar to the audience.
She became a lector for international films.
The lector's voice echoed through the factory hall.

Workers eagerly awaited the lector's daily readings.

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French:lecteur, chargé de cours, ...
German:Lektor, Dozent, ...
Italian:lettore, doppiatore, ...
Spanish:lector, narrador, ...
Portuguese:leitor, leitor universitário, ...
Chinese:读经员, 讲师, ...
Japanese:朗読者, 講師, ...
Arabic:قَارِئ, مُحاضِر, ...
Hebrew:קוֹרֵא, מְרצֶה, ...
Russian:лектор, преподаватель, ...
Ukrainian:читець, викладач, ...
Hindi:लेक्तर, व्याख्याता, ...
Bengali:লেক্টর, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের শিক্ষক, ...
Catalan:lector, professor universitari, ...
Czech:lektor, vyučující, ...
Danish:lektor, universitetslærer, ...
Dutch:lector, docent, ...
Greek:αναγνώστης, λέκτορας, ...
Hungarian:lektor, nyelvi lektor, ...
Khmer:អ្នកអានបទគម្ពីរ, សាស្ត្រាចារ្យរង, ...
Korean:해설자, 강사, ...
Persian:قاری, مدرس, ...
Polish:lektor, wykładowca, ...
Portuguese (BR):leitor, docente universitário, ...
Romanian:lector, cadru didactic, ...
Swedish:lektor, universitetslektor, ...
Thai:ผู้อ่านพระคัมภีร์, อาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัย, ...
Turkish:okuyucu, doçent, ...
Vietnamese:người đọc kinh, giảng viên đại học, ...

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Definition of lector - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

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