privatdozent

pri·vat·do·zent

noun, often capitalized \pri-ˈvät-(ˌ)dō(t)-ˌsent\

Definition of PRIVATDOZENT

: an unsalaried university lecturer or teacher in German-speaking countries remunerated directly by students' fees

Variants of PRIVATDOZENT

pri·vat·do·zent also pri·vat·do·cent \pri-ˈvät-(ˌ)dō(t)-ˌsent\

Origin of PRIVATDOZENT

German Privatdozent, from privat private + Dozent teacher, from Latin docent-, docens, present participle of docēre to teach — more at docile

First Known Use: 1854

Rhymes with PRIVATDOZENT

coincident, disorient, experiment, ferro-cement, glove compartment, inconsequent, informed consent, misrepresent, nonresident, oxygen tent, rubber cement, self-confident, self-evident, sentence fragment, vice president