docent
Plural: docents
Noun
- A guide or lecturer, especially at a museum or university.
- a teacher at some universities
- A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
- A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
Adj
- Instructive; that teaches.
Examples
- The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
- The Scrabble player, a veritable DOCENT of obscure words, baffled opponents with his vocabulary.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”). In the meaning of a university grade, as used in some Central European countries, it is clipped version of private docent, privat-docent, from German Privatdozent, from German Dozent.
Scrabble Score: 9
docent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddocent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
docent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
docent: valid Words With Friends Word