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docent
UK /ˈdəʊ.sənt/ US /ˈdoʊ.sənt/
noun 2adj 1
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2ADJ.
elderly
DOCENT + NOUN
g, ttingen, visitors
Definitions
adj
1
Instructive; that teaches.
noun
1
A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
2
A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
She was listening distractedly as an elderly docent intoned to a circle of listless children.
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Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
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The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
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She was listening distractedly as an elderly docent intoned to a circle of listless children.
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