English

Alternative forms

• lectour (obsolete)

Noun

lector ‎(plural lectors)

1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service
2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities
3. (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers, appointed by a trade union

Translations

Related terms

• lection
• lectionary
• lectern

Anagrams

• colter

Catalan

Etymology

Latin lēctor

Adjective

lector m ‎(feminine lectora, masculine plural lectors, feminine plural lectores)

1. reading

Noun

lector m ‎(plural lectors)

1. reader

Latin

Etymology

From lego +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleːk.tor/

Noun

lēctor m ‎(genitive lēctōris); third declension

1. A reader (person who reads to someone)

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• lectorile

Related terms

• lēctitō
• lēntiuncula
• lēctrīx

Descendants

• Catalan: lector
• English: lector
• French: lecteur
• Russian: лектор ‎(lektor)
• Spanish: lector

References

• lector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LECTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lector”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Latin lēctor.

Adjective

lector m ‎(feminine singular lectora, masculine plural lectores, feminine plural lectoras)

1. reading
2. reading aloud to other people

Noun

lector m ‎(plural lectores, feminine lectora)

1. reader