Associations to the word «Docent»

Wiktionary

DOCENT, adjective. Instructive; that teaches.
DOCENT, noun. A teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.
DOCENT, noun. (chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.

Dictionary definition

DOCENT, noun. A teacher at some universities.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky