lecturer
Americannoun
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a person who lectures.
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an academic rank given in colleges and universities to a teacher ranking below assistant professor.
noun
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a person who lectures
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a teacher in higher education without professorial status
Other Word Forms
- sublecturer noun
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He is a lecturer in the economics department at Princeton University and a partner at Cornwall Capital, an investment fund based in New York.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The study also involved Ruolin Liu, a PhD student at Waterloo and PI, and Dr. Jerome Quintin, a lecturer at l'École de technologie supérieure and a former postdoctoral researcher at Waterloo and PI.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
“Even if the war ends overnight, it will take the gas market much longer to return to normal than oil,” said Adi Imsirovic, a former energy-trading executive and lecturer at the University of Oxford.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Robbie is a college lecturer and Rachel is a merchandising manager - they take home more than the national average household income.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
She also became the first female lecturer for the Zhukhovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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