lecturer

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Even in the first instance, as the lecturer was able to show later on, the colors are not nearly so intense as they may be obtained, owing to some white light being reflected from the surfaces of the two sheets of glass.

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  1. noun One who delivers lectures, especially professionally.
  2. noun A member of the faculty of a college or university usually having qualified status without rank or tenure.
  3. noun A faculty member ranking below an assistant professor.
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  • Dr. Ernest Bendz in his monograph on "The Influence of Pater and Matthew Arnold in the Prose-Writings of Oscar Wilde" has established this fact with curious erudition and completeness Still, the lecturer was a fine figure of a man: his knee-breeches and silk stockings set all the women talking, and he spoke with suave authority. —  Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
  • Still, the lecturer was a fine figure of a man: his knee-breeches and silk stockings set all the women talking, and he spoke with suave authority. —  Oscar Wilde, Volume 1
  • ALFRED E. WALLACE. Sept. 6, 1881 Wallace's remarkable gifts as a lecturer are less widely known than his lucid and admirable style as a writer. —  Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2
  • But I didn't get smarter, and the lecturer has been the same old lecturer. —  Planet Malaysia
  • Dr. White is a New Orleans born Traditional Jazz musician and historian who has received international recognition as a lecturer, historian and musician presenting the music and history of original New Orleans Traditional Jazz.
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/ˈlɛktʃərər/
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