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• privatdocent
  privatdocent

  noun

  (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
• Privatdocent
  Privatdocent

  noun

  (esp in German-speaking countries) a university lecturer who formerly received fees from his students rather than a university salary

privatdocent

American  

[pree-vaht-doh-tsent] / priˈvɑt doʊˈtsɛnt /

Or privatdozent

noun

1. (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.

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Privatdocent British  

/ priˈvaːtdoˈtsɛnt /

noun

1. (esp in German-speaking countries) a university lecturer who formerly received fees from his students rather than a university salary

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Etymology

Origin of privatdocent

1880–85; < German Privatdocent; see private, docent

Example Sentences

On the top of it rested a smaller book, of the pocket—size, entitled "Private Accounts."

From Jezebel's Daughter by Collins, Wilkie