docent
a college or university lecturer.
a person who is a knowledgeable guide, especially one who conducts visitors through a museum and delivers a commentary on the exhibitions.
Origin of docent
1Other words from docent
- do·cent·ship, noun
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How to use docent in a sentence
Working at the museum, specifically as a docent during the “Taking Action” exhibition, changed how she thought of collective action and movement building, she said.
The Climate Museum is the first of its kind in the U.S. — and its founder is on a mission | Tatiana Schlossberg | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostMoralistae vulgo docent inseminationem essentialem esse copulae carnali.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyIn the evening at the house of Gizycki (a docent on Ethics), to a "privatissimum" with a supper after it.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 | William JamesDoctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.
Delusion and Dream | Wilhelm JensenAfter spending some time as teacher in a private school, he returned to Leipsic as Privat docent in the university.
History of Education | Levi Seeley
He became docent or reader in Belles Lettres at the university of Copenhagen, where his lectures were the sensation of the hour.
British Dictionary definitions for docent
/ (ˈdəʊsənt) /
a voluntary worker who acts as a guide in a museum, art gallery, etc
(dəʊˈsɛnt, German doˈtsɛnt) (in the US) a lecturer in some colleges or universities
Origin of docent
1Derived forms of docent
- docentship, noun
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