docent

[ doh-suhnt; German doh-tsent ]

noun

1. privatdocent.
2. a college or university lecturer.
3. 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

1. a voluntary worker who acts as a guide in a museum, art gallery, etc
2. dəʊˈsɛntdoˈtsɛnt (in the US) a lecturer in some colleges or universities

Derived Forms

• ˈdocentˌship, noun

Other Words From

• docent·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of docent¹

1630–40; < German Dozent < Latin docent- (stem of docēns, present participle of docēre ), equivalent to doc- teach + -ent -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of docent¹

C19: from German Dozent, from Latin docēns from docēre to teach

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

Moralistae vulgo docent inseminationem essentialem esse copulae carnali.

From Project Gutenberg

In the evening at the house of Gizycki (a Docent on Ethics), to a "privatissimum" with a supper after it.

From Project Gutenberg

Doctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.

From Project Gutenberg

After spending some time as teacher in a private school, he returned to Leipsic as Privat Docent in the university.

From Project Gutenberg

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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