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docent
[ doh-suhnt; German doh-tsent ]
noun
- 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.
docent
/ ˈdəʊsənt /
noun
- a voluntary worker who acts as a guide in a museum, art gallery, etc
- dəʊˈsɛntdoˈtsɛnt (in the US) a lecturer in some colleges or universities
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Derived Forms
- ˈdocentˌship, noun
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- docent·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of docent1
C19: from German Dozent, from Latin docēns from docēre to teach
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Example Sentences
Moralistae vulgo docent inseminationem essentialem esse copulae carnali.
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In the evening at the house of Gizycki (a Docent on Ethics), to a "privatissimum" with a supper after it.
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Doctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.
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After spending some time as teacher in a private school, he returned to Leipsic as Privat Docent in the university.
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He became docent or reader in Belles Lettres at the university of Copenhagen, where his lectures were the sensation of the hour.
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