Associations to the word «Lector»

Wiktionary

LECTOR, noun. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service
LECTOR, noun. A public lecturer or reader at some universities
LECTOR, noun. (historical) (US) (cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers, appointed by a trade union

Dictionary definition

LECTOR, noun. Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church.
LECTOR, noun. A public lecturer at certain 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