docent

🇺🇸 /ˈdəʊsnt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdəʊsnt/
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noun
R

A person who works in a museum or similar place and explains things to visitors.

The docent showed us around the museum and told us interesting stories about the exhibits.

R

A teacher at a university who is not a full-time member of the staff.

The docent has been teaching at the university for several years, even though they are not a full-time professor.

translation

n. A person who works in a museum or similar place and explains things to visitors.; A teacher at a university who is not a full-time member of the staff.

Word Forms

Plural docents