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lector.

A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/
  1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.

  2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities.

  3. A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.

    US · historical
  4. A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer.

verb/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/
  1. To perform service as a lector in a religious context.

  2. To do a voice-over translation of a film.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“to read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor. Doublet of lecture and lecturer.

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