LECTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A public lecturer at certain universities

Synonyms:

lector; lecturer; reader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lector" is a kind of...):

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

Meaning:

Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

Synonyms:

lector; reader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lector" is a kind of...):

clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

Holy Order; Order ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)