lecturer

Everyday

1. A person who teaches students at a university or college, often by giving talks called lectures. tree →
2. Anyone who gives a talk to an audience. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life a university teacher; in the UK «lecturer» is a job title below «professor». In the USA such people are often called professors. In stories, «lecturing» someone also means telling them off at length.

Examples

• My aunt is a lecturer in chemistry at the university. tree →
• The lecturer showed slides of the planets. tree →
• The students took notes while the lecturer spoke. tree →
• A visiting lecturer talked about whales. tree →
• Mum said, «Stop lecturing me, I'm not one of your students!» tree →
• He became a lecturer after finishing his PhD. tree →
• "At nine o'clock the lecturer commenced his lecture and his experiments, and then I formed a part of his audience. tree →

Note

From «lecture» + «-r». «Lecture» also means a long telling-off. Lecturer = person; lecture = the talk.