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☆ do·cent (dō′sənt; also dō sent′)

noun

  1. in some American universities, a teacher or lecturer not on the regular faculty
  2. a tour guide and lecturer, as at a museum

Etymology: Ger, earlier sp. of dozent, teacher, lecturer < L docens, prp. of docere, to teach: see decent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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