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senior lecturer

American  

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a university teacher who does not hold a professorship.


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Lisa McKenzie, a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Bedfordshire, said singling out one group for intervention risked deepening divisions.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“He was one of their best detectives ever,” said Eddings, the trace evidence expert and UT–Arlington senior lecturer, who often worked with Ford on murder cases.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Israel "decided to invest a disproportionate amount of resources in its air force," said the senior lecturer at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, often at the expense of other areas.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

“This might be the red line for Saudi that has been crossed,” said Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King’s College London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Barack had moved from an adjunct position to a senior lecturer at the law school, which gave us a tuition break at the university’s Lab School, where Malia was soon to start preschool.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama