as in speaker
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences
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Recent Examples of lecturer
Al-Marashi is an associate history professor at California State University San Marcos and a visiting lecturer in journalism and media studies at San Diego State University.
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Ibrahim Al-Marashi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Jack Horner, a renowned paleontologist who worked as a consultant on all seven films in the Jurassic Park franchise, is no longer employed as a lecturer at Chapman University, following his name appearing several times in the Epstein files.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
The study was led by Rohit Kachroo, ITV News‘ global security editor, and Birmingham City University lecturer Dr Ellie Tomsett.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
After retiring from his 33-year tenure as regents professor of paleontology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Horner joined Chapman University in 2016 as a lecturer and presidential fellow.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Those software agents heighten the potential for automation, said Shomit Ghose, a lecturer at UC Berkeley’s engineering school and a partner at Menlo Park venture capital firm Clearvision Ventures.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
The lecturer in question, Bari Weiss — editor in chief of CBS News — drew the ire of hostile UCLA students for her support of Israel.
—Elliott Broidy, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Richter — who, like Cantor, had spent her entire career here, first as a research mathematician and then, after retiring, as a lecturer on the history of mathematics — gestured for Goos to sit.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2026
Ibrahim Al-Marashi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Jack Horner, a renowned paleontologist who worked as a consultant on all seven films in the Jurassic Park franchise, is no longer employed as a lecturer at Chapman University, following his name appearing several times in the Epstein files.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
The study was led by Rohit Kachroo, ITV News‘ global security editor, and Birmingham City University lecturer Dr Ellie Tomsett.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
After retiring from his 33-year tenure as regents professor of paleontology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Horner joined Chapman University in 2016 as a lecturer and presidential fellow.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Those software agents heighten the potential for automation, said Shomit Ghose, a lecturer at UC Berkeley’s engineering school and a partner at Menlo Park venture capital firm Clearvision Ventures.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
The lecturer in question, Bari Weiss — editor in chief of CBS News — drew the ire of hostile UCLA students for her support of Israel.
—Elliott Broidy, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Richter — who, like Cantor, had spent her entire career here, first as a research mathematician and then, after retiring, as a lecturer on the history of mathematics — gestured for Goos to sit.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecturer
Noun
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About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Many speakers addressed the population boom across the state and the importance of addressing congestion chokepoints on major highways.—
Hedija Spahalic,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While some post-emancipation Black leaders backed social integration, author, orator and educator Washington, the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, urged self-reliance.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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In the 19th century, the voices of Black leadership were the abolitionists and educators, orators, and clergy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Lecturer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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