lector
Meanings
Plural: lectors
Noun
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
- A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
- A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
- A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.
Verb
- To perform service as a lector in a religious context.
- To do a voice-over translation of a film.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“I read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor.
Scrabble Score: 8
lector is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlector is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lector is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
lector is a valid Words With Friends word