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docent

/ˈdəʊ.sənt/US/ˈdoʊ.sənt/

docent adjective: instructive; that teaches.

Adjective

docent (comparative more docent, superlative most docent)

  1. Instructive; that teaches.

Noun

docent (plural docents)

  1. A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
    • Near-synonyms: preceptor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor
    • The docent is available for office hours and can help to connect students with tutors.
  2. (US) 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.2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 149

docent meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

docent in Bengali

জাদুঘর, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের নির্দেশক, শিক্ষক

docent in Indonesian

teacher or lecturer in university
dosen

Synonyms of docent

Forms of docent

Adjective
comparativemore docent
superlativemost docent
Noun
pluraldocents

Origin of docent

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.

Phrases with docent

Questions about docent

What does docent mean?
Docent means instructive; that teaches.
What is docent in Bengali?
Docent in Bengali is জাদুঘর, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের নির্দেশক, শিক্ষক. See Docent meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is docent?
Docent can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce docent?
Docent is pronounced /ˈdəʊ.sənt/ (UK).

Words near docent in the dictionary

  1. docblock
  2. docblocks
  3. doccie
  4. doccies
  5. docebenone
  6. docent
  7. docents
  8. Docetae
  9. docetaxel
  10. docetic
  11. docetically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: docent (page history and authors); docent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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