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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church;
[syn: lector, reader]

2. a public lecturer at certain universities;
[syn: lector, lecturer, reader]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lector \Lec"tor\ (l[e^]k"t[o^]r), n. [L. See Lection.] (Eccl.)
   A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read
   lessons to the illiterate.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lector
    n 1: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone
         ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
         [syn: lector, reader]
    2: a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector,
       lecturer, reader]