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Lecturer

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

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Educator 76% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

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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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Speaker 76% connected

One who speaks.

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Talker 76% connected

One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.

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Utterer 76% connected

One who utters.

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Lecture 74% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Lecture 74% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Lector 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reader 92% connected

One who reads.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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