n. A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A reader of discourses; a lecturer, particularly in a university.
n. Same as father, 12. Dickens, Dict. Oxf. and Camb.
Word Usage
"He was a little conceited, but my comrade having heard that he was the prelector, gave him a good lesson, at which he was not badly content, and with which he went away."