lecturer

noun

Definition of lecturernext
as in speaker
a person who makes usually formal public speeches this evening's lecturer has an uncanny ability to make highly abstruse material understandable to lay audiences

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Recent Examples of lecturer The California Faculty Association, which represents nearly 30,000 professors, lecturers, counselors and librarians at the CSU, also opposed the bills. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Efrat Tolkowsky, a Reichman University lecturer and former member of the Tel Aviv City Council representing Meretz, a left-wing party that for years ran on a pro-peace platform, exemplifies that shift. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026 From Pakistan’s perspective, the agreement offers both military and political advantages, Raza Rumi, distinguished lecturer at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at CUNY, told Fox News Digital. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Blücher, who eventually became a popular philosophy lecturer at Bard College, got a job shovelling chemicals in a New Jersey factory. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Michael Palladino, a lecturer in fashion at City University of New York Kingsborough, argued that companies need to modernize outdated ideas about what professional dress should look like. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Gayil Talshir, political science lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said Smotrich’s position represents a calculated decision to avoid a firm stance against the exemption that would have forced him to quit the coalition. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026 Bella Webb is the sustainability editor at Vogue Business and an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026 Hosted by Harvard Business School senior lecturer Reza Satchu, the show features intimate conversations with some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, including Reese Witherspoon, Kevin O’Leary, Galen Weston, and more. — Harvard Business Review, 30 July 2026
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  1. speaker
  2. orator
Noun
  • Iran’s parliament speaker and key negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, issued a list of demands today in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The French Open, as English speakers tend to call it, takes place during a traditionally splendid time of the year, when Parisians delight in the temperate air.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaker
Noun
  • This meant moving outside of the traditional tableau of White House photojournalism—an orator on a pedestal—to show members of the press in postures of alertness or repose.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
  • Jublin was fascinated by great orators—especially political heavyweights like former French president Jacques Chirac.
    — Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
Definition of orator

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