lector.
A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
To perform service as a lector in a religious context.
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.