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prelector

prelector noun: someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer.

Noun

prelector (plural prelectors)

  1. (archaic) Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
    • […] it is ſufficient for me, that their ſo famous a Prælectour, doth teach that by Artes Magicke, the ſame workes are done, which are done by the gift of working miracles. […] Thus this famous Prelectour, by which it is euident, that howſoeuer the Spaniſh; and Papall Emperour, haue drawne them into...1616, Richard Sheldon, A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, prouing them to be Antichristian. […], London: […] Edward Griffin for Nathaniel Butter, pages 38 (A Second Prelude Shewing...

prelector meaning in Tamil

prelector in Tamil

சமய உரையாளர்

Forms of prelector

pluralprelectors
alternative formpraelector
alternative form (archaic)prælector

Origin of prelector

From Latin praelēctor.

Words formed from prelector

Questions about prelector

What does prelector mean?
Prelector means someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
What is prelector in Tamil?
Prelector in Tamil is சமய உரையாளர். See Prelector meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prelector?
Prelector is a noun.
What is the plural of prelector?
The plural of prelector is prelectors.

Words near prelector in the dictionary

  1. prelect
  2. prelected
  3. prelecting
  4. prelection
  5. prelections
  6. prelector
  7. prelectors
  8. prelectorship
  9. prelectorships
  10. prelects
  11. prelecture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prelector (page history and authors); prelector (Tamil 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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