Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A teacher or lecturer at some universities who is not a regular faculty member.
- noun A lecturer or tour guide in a museum or cathedral.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Teaching.
- noun See
privat-docent .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Serving to instruct; teaching.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Instructive ; that teaches. - noun A
teacher orlecturer at some Americancolleges oruniversities . - noun A
tour guide at amuseum ,art gallery , historical site, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a teacher at some universities
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As I recall the docent saying, there is no interior support or something like that.
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Supreme Court Website and New URL 2010
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As I recall the docent saying, there is no interior support or something like that.
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Supreme Court Website and New URL 2010
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The docent is the usual: a well-groomed woman in her fifties with impossibly blond hair and taut face.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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Being a docent is a great way to join the mammoth site team and interact with the community.
TOP STORIES - News 8 2010
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A docent is a trained volunteer who serves as a tour guide and adds a special touch to the Waco Mammoth Site.
TOP STORIES - News 8 2010
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The docent was a lovely lady with a butterfly on her head (it was alive and just sat there), who enthusiastically gave me all kinds of facts on these incredible lepidopteras (latin for butterfly).
Baltiblogs I.F.S. 2009
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Our docent was a wonderfully tiny silver-haired lady aged perfectly with a librarian's wisdom who told us great antic dotes of the building.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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It was an awesome opportunity to hear how an artist intreprets the work of another....without the canned "docent" speech of the artist's art history and accomplishments.
What I Learned from Renee Stout's Artist Talk on Louise Bourgeois Art Visions 2009
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( "docent") (Tenure Track system) in the Department of Bioanalysis, charged with academic teaching (in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out scientific duties in the fields of pharmacokinetics and pharmaceutical care.
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So my advice on your next trip to the museum is to kick back, have a couple of stiff ones, lock the docent in the broom closet and treat yourself to a few guffaws.
Three Tips for Surviving the Art Museum Joe Queenan 2011
bilby commented on the word docent
"'A librarian docent accompanies every entrant at all times. Tonight, the docents are gone. What you are requesting is carte blanche access. Not even our cardinals enter alone.'"
- 'Angels and Demons', Dan Brown.
February 28, 2008