lecturer

Definition of lecturernext
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 Elizabeth Shackelford is a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune and a lecturer with the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Investigators will likely explore the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder first, Marco Chan, a senior lecturer in aviation operations at London’s Kingston University, told CNN. — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 In June, about 70% of voting non-tenure-track faculty approved unionizing under United Faculty-UAW, which seeks to represent roughly 2,700 USC lecturers, researchers, clinicians, librarians and pharmacists. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Continue reading … CAMPUS FALLOUT — Ethnic studies lecturer ousted for telling student to 'get the f--- out' on TikTok. — FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 More Sustainability Stories from Vogue Business Bella Webb is the sustainability editor at Vogue Business and an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026 Later, Zula became a lecturer in English at the University of Warsaw. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Prior to his career in politics, Gray was a small business owner and assistant lecturer at UC Merced. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors could also decide to retry Clancy or seek a plea agreement on lower charges, according to Shira Diner, a lecturer at Boston University School of Law. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecturer
Noun
  • After hearing from a few speakers outside Culver City’s City Hall, the band of demonstrators marched a few blocks to the offices of Sony Pictures Studios.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Before the speaker’s podium stood a vase filled with white roses; to the right, a large photograph of the deceased.
    — Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Being a competent, eloquent orator does not mean that you’re trusted.
    — Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • This meant moving outside of the traditional tableau of White House photojournalism—an orator on a pedestal—to show members of the press in postures of alertness or repose.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

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“Lecturer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecturer. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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