Lecturer
['lektʃ(ə)rə] or ['lɛktʃərɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
Checker: Percy
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One with his hand in your pocket his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- The lecturer unlocked the outer door and ushered us into his room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is a lecturer and a consultant, but he does not care for general practice, which distracts him from his literary work. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- First, he went on, assuming the manner of a lecturer, it's a little pimple. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The lecturer held up the tightly clenched right hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The lecturer, after showing the cabinet and causing the disappearance therein of an individual while the doors were closed, repeated the same experiment with the latter open. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Here it was that one evening we received a visit from an acquaintance, Mr. Hilton Soames, tutor and lecturer at the College of St. Luke's. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Bell was a good lecturer, and his talks became popular. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In 1801 Davy was appointed assistant lecturer in chemistry at the Royal Institution (Albemarle Street, London), which had been founded from p hilanthropic motives by Count Rumford in 1799. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This caused the bevy to turn to see where the lecturer was. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Lola