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lector

noun

Meaning

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

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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