Pronunciations
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/ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/
Noun
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.
Usage- US usage
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Its lyrical, poetic flights seem much more at home in the romantic musings of two sisters competing for the attention of the new, handsome lector, a man hired to read stories to workers in a Florida cigar factory, who might otherwise be mesmerized by the repetitive boredom of their jobs.
A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.
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The Hungarian viewer of The Colbert Report wants to experience authentic American comedy, and the lector—like an interpreter performing chuchotage at a high-level meeting of heads of state—serves primarily as a check on the viewer's grasp of the real thing.
Verb
To perform service as a lector in a religious context.
To do a voice-over translation of a film.
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How much of Colbert's political satire can be truly grasped by a Hungarian viewer of a lectored episode is slightly beside the point: something gets through.
Noun
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
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- Broader terms
a public lecturer at certain universities