docent

adj
/ˈdəʊ.sənt/UK/ˈdoʊ.sənt/US

Etymology

From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”). In the meaning of a university grade, as used in some Central European countries, it is clipped version of private docent, privat-docent, from German Privatdozent, from German Dozent.

  1. derived from Dozent
  2. derived from Privatdozent
  3. borrowed from docēns

Definitions

  1. Instructive

    Instructive; that teaches.

  2. A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)

    • Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
  3. A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.

    • The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
    • She was listening distractedly as an elderly docent intoned to a circle of listless children.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA