Lector

Definition: Lector

Lector

Noun

1. A public lecturer at certain universities.

Synonyms: Lector

Synonyms: lecturer (n), reader (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Lector

Non-English Usage: "Lector" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (lector, lecturer), Latin (reader), Romanian (lecturer, reader), Spanish (lector, reader).

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Modern Usage: Lector

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's quite pleasant if you're Hannibal Lector. (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective; writing credit: Jack Bernstein, Jim Carrey and Tom Shadyac.)
Movie/TV Titles	Lector (2000)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Lector

Domain	Title
Books	Julio Cortazar (El Lector De) (reference) Lector (reference) Lector de Franz Kafka, El (reference) Lector in Fabula - Cooperacion Interpretativa (reference) The Joy of Being a Lector (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Lector

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	E.C. Buchner : Stads Med. Doct. & Chirurgiae Lector Te Kampen / Engr. Proefdrak. v. d. Beek sc.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Lector

"Lector" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lector" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Lector

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "lector": lector-priest.
	Ending with "lector": Arch-lector.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lector

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hannibal lector	83	hanabel lector	4
dvd lector	35	hannibal lector photo	3
lector mp3	33	dr lector	3
cd lector portatiles	32	conejo lector	3
lector	30	de digital huella lector	3
hannible lector	9	barra codigo de de lector	3
barras codigo de de lector	9	banda de lector magnetica	3
hannibal lector picture	8	hannibal lector pic	3
lector optico	7	el gusto hábito lector	3
barras codigo de lector	7	de lector tarjetas	3
c color lector	7	hannibal lector movie	3
c combo lector	7	barras código de lector	3
dr hannibal lector	6	de lector texto	3
hanibal lector	6	hannibal lector mask	2
barras codigo de hardware lector	6	diagrama lector sim	2
hannibal lector real	5	hanable lector	2
el conejo lector	5	hannibal lector quote	2
caveat lector	4	el gusto habito lector	2
hannable lector	4	banda con de lector magnetica tarjetas	2
cd de lector	4	bar code lector	2
		laser lector	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lector

Language		Translations for "lector"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		lektor (lecturer). (various references)

Arabic		‏القارئ كمهنة. (various references)

Bulgarian		четец на откъси от библията, лектор (lecturer). (various references)

Czech		lektor (lecturer, reader). (various references)

Dutch		lector (book editor, lecturer, reader). (various references)

Esperanto		lektoro (lecturer). (various references)

French		lecteur. (various references)

Frisian		lektor (lecturer). (various references)

German		Lektor (editor, foreign language assistant, lecturer, reader). (various references)

Hungarian		lektor (publisher's taster). (various references)

Manx		lhaihder (reader). (various references)

Pig Latin		ectorlay

Polish		lektor (lecturer). (various references)

Portuguese		leitura (perusal, play back, playback, play-back, read, reading, readout, replay, reproduction, sight), professoruniversitário (lecturer), professor (beak, instructor, lecturer, master, preceptor, professor, professorate, schoolman, schoolteacher, teacher). (various references)

Romanian		lector strãin. (various references)

Russian		чтец (reader). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lektor (editor, instructor), kantor (cantor, precentor). (various references)

Spanish		lector (reader). (various references)

Swedish		lektor (instructor, lecturer, senior assistant master, teacher). (various references)

Ukranian		читець (reader), лектор (lecturer, prelector, reader, speaker), дяк (lecturer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lector

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lector": lectors. (additional references)
	Words ending with "lector": collector, deflector, elector, noncollector, reflector, retroreflector, selector. (additional references)
	Words containing "lector": collectors, collectorship, collectorships, deflectors, electoral, electorally, electorate, electorates, electors, noncollectors, reflectorize, reflectorized, reflectorizes, reflectorizing, reflectors, retroreflectors, selectors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lector" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alectoria, jector, Lactor, Lecco, lecctur, leco, lecter, lecteur, lectr, lectron, lectu, lectur, Lefcourt, Lentor, licor, lictor, Lurcott, pector. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lector"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "lector" (pronounced le"kter)
5	l e" k t er	collector.
4	-e" k t er	connecter, connector, defector, detector, director, erector, Hector, injector, inspector, nectar, objector, projector, protector, rector, sector, Specter, spectre, vector.
3	-k t er	abductor, actor, benefactor, character, chiropractor, compactor, conductor, constrictor, constructor, contractor, detractor, doctor, factor, inductor, instructor, malefactor, predictor, Proctor, prospector, reactor, refractor, semiconductor, stricter, subcontractor, superconductor, tractor, Victor.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Lector

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: colter.
	Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: ceorl, recto.
	-2 letters: celt, cero, clot, cole, colt, core, cote, lore, orle, role, rote, rotl, tole, torc, tore.
	-3 letters: cel, col, cor, cot, let, lot, ole, orc, ore, ort, rec, ret, roc, roe, rot, tel, toe, tor.
	-4 letters: el, er, et, lo, oe, or, re, to.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: chortle, cloture, clouter, colters, corslet, costrel, coulter, elector, electro, lectors, locater.
	+2 letters: acrolect, brocatel, chelator, chlorate, chlorite, chortled, chortler, chortles, cloister, clothier, clotured, clotures, clouters, coistrel, colewort, collaret, corelate, corselet, corslets, costlier, costrels, coulters, coverlet, covertly, crosslet, cryolite, electors, electron, electros, elicitor, erotical, leprotic, locaters, loricate, occulter, pectoral, petrolic, plectron, reclothe, relocate, sectoral, selector, trochlea.
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