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Lector

A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.

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Educator 76% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Pedagog 76% connected

Pedagogue.

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Pedagogue 76% connected

A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Reverend 76% connected

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

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Lecturer 92% connected

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reader 92% connected

One who reads.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Position noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Social structure, Inequality and stratification.
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Status noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Equality noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equation noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equivalence noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Face noun · 84% connection

status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"

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Footing noun · 84% connection

status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"

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Illegitimacy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Leadership noun · 84% connection

the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

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Left-handedness noun · 84% connection

the status of being born of a morganatic marriage

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Lowliness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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Lowness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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Ae unknown · 78% connection

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Agrammatist noun · 78% connection

A illiterate person.

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Ain't unknown · 78% connection

A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Bookworm noun · 78% connection

A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.

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Catchword noun · 78% connection

The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistanc…

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Classroom noun · 78% connection

a room in a school where lessons take place

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Copyholder noun · 78% connection

One who reads copy to a proof reader.

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Course of instruction noun · 78% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Course of study noun · 78% connection

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Crib noun · 78% connection

A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his les…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Epigram noun · 78% connection

A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the read…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reader, lections, formerly, designated, read.
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Gentle superl. · 78% connection

A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.

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Han't unknown · 78% connection

A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.

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