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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
Derived Forms
- ˈdocentˌship, noun
Other Words From
- docent·ship noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of docent1
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.
Moralistae vulgo docent inseminationem essentialem esse copulae carnali.
In the evening at the house of Gizycki (a Docent on Ethics), to a "privatissimum" with a supper after it.
Doctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.
After spending some time as teacher in a private school, he returned to Leipsic as Privat Docent in the university.
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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