docentadj.n.

/ˈdəʊsənt/

Etymology: < Latin docēnt-em, present participle of docēre to teach.

A. adj.

That teaches or instructs; teaching.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [adjective]

instructivea1492

preceptivea1525

instructing1561

documentalc1575

dogmatical1580

doctrinablea1586

doctrinal1597

didactical1603

didascalic1609

tutorly1611

schooling1614

indoctrinating1642

disciplinable1644

docenta1645

institutionary1646

protreptic1658

protreptical1662

dogmatic1678

educating1699

didactive1723

educativea1750

tuitive1776

educatory1792

didactic1799

instructional1801

tuitionary1816

instructionary1824

didascalara1846

teaching1853

tuitional1861

documentary1873

a1645 W. Laud Relation Conf. Laud & Fisher (1673) 167 The Church here is taken..as 'tis Docent, and Regent.

1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. ix. 231 Special reasons may be found against the docent authority and right of any Established Church.

B. n.

In some American universities and colleges, a recognized teacher or lecturer not on the salaried staff; usually a post-graduate student who is allowed to lecture in some special branch. [Compare German privat-docent, private teacher, recognized by a university.]

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > teacher in American universities

instructor1722

docent1880

1880 Nation (N.Y.) 30 347 The young docents, whose specialty is Semitic philology.

1890 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Sept. 4/1 Docent in Psychology at Clark University, Worcester.

1893 Register Chicago Univ. Docent in Spanish, Docent in Chemistry, Docent in Biblical Literature, [etc.].

Draft additions 1993

2. One employed to instruct visitors about exhibits at a museum, art gallery, etc., esp. as a guide at historical homes and reconstructions. Originally and chiefly U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > museum > guide

docent1906

1906 Bull. Mus. Fine Arts (Boston) June 19/1 Through these docents, as it has been proposed to call them, the heads of departments could instruct many more persons than it would be possible for them to accompany through the galleries.

1914 L. Connolly Educ. Value of Museums 29 When a docent tells you what you see, you do not wholly see, you partly hear.

1940 Museum News 1 May 11/1 Many kinds of jobs are being carried on..by volunteers, including docent work with school children.

1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble ii. 13 Active with Madeline in the Junior Philharmonic and the Huntington Library Docents.

1984 N.Z. Herald 17 Nov. i. 6/1 There is nothing indecent about docent... One critic of the name—chosen for the guides at the Auckland City Art Gallery and at the Museum of Transport and Technology—says it is ugly, un-English, unfamiliar and harsh-sounding.

2019 D. Milofsky Where I'm living Now 12 A prim little..woman in a Chanel suit, who..worked at the museum as a docent two mornings each week.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	docent
释义	docentadj.n. /ˈdəʊsənt/ Etymology: < Latin docēnt-em, present participle of docēre to teach. A. adj. That teaches or instructs; teaching. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [adjective] instructivea1492 preceptivea1525 instructing1561 documentalc1575 dogmatical1580 doctrinablea1586 doctrinal1597 didactical1603 didascalic1609 tutorly1611 schooling1614 indoctrinating1642 disciplinable1644 docenta1645 institutionary1646 protreptic1658 protreptical1662 dogmatic1678 educating1699 didactive1723 educativea1750 tuitive1776 educatory1792 didactic1799 instructional1801 tuitionary1816 instructionary1824 didascalara1846 teaching1853 tuitional1861 documentary1873 a1645 W. Laud Relation Conf. Laud & Fisher (1673) 167 The Church here is taken..as 'tis Docent, and Regent. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. ix. 231 Special reasons may be found against the docent authority and right of any Established Church. B. n. In some American universities and colleges, a recognized teacher or lecturer not on the salaried staff; usually a post-graduate student who is allowed to lecture in some special branch. [Compare German privat-docent, private teacher, recognized by a university.] ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > teacher in American universities instructor1722 docent1880 1880 Nation (N.Y.) 30 347 The young docents, whose specialty is Semitic philology. 1890 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Sept. 4/1 Docent in Psychology at Clark University, Worcester. 1893 Register Chicago Univ. Docent in Spanish, Docent in Chemistry, Docent in Biblical Literature, [etc.]. Draft additions 1993 2. One employed to instruct visitors about exhibits at a museum, art gallery, etc., esp. as a guide at historical homes and reconstructions. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > museum > guide docent1906 1906 Bull. Mus. Fine Arts (Boston) June 19/1 Through these docents, as it has been proposed to call them, the heads of departments could instruct many more persons than it would be possible for them to accompany through the galleries. 1914 L. Connolly Educ. Value of Museums 29 When a docent tells you what you see, you do not wholly see, you partly hear. 1940 Museum News 1 May 11/1 Many kinds of jobs are being carried on..by volunteers, including docent work with school children. 1978 J. Wambaugh Black Marble ii. 13 Active with Madeline in the Junior Philharmonic and the Huntington Library Docents. 1984 N.Z. Herald 17 Nov. i. 6/1 There is nothing indecent about docent... One critic of the name—chosen for the guides at the Auckland City Art Gallery and at the Museum of Transport and Technology—says it is ugly, un-English, unfamiliar and harsh-sounding. 2019 D. Milofsky Where I'm living Now 12 A prim little..woman in a Chanel suit, who..worked at the museum as a docent two mornings each week. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.n.a1645
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