lectricen.
/ˈlɛktrɪs/ A woman engaged as an attendant or companion to read aloud.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > [noun] > reading aloud > one who
readerOE
reading minister1572
anagnost1601
anagnostic1623
anagnostian1625
reader-aloud1830
lectrice1889
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1899 G. B. Shaw Shaw on Theatre (1958) 73 An attempt to force the Salvation Army to have their hymns licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the daily papers to have their political leaders licensed by the Queen's Lectrice, would produce an overwhelming agitation at once.
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2. (With pronunciation /lɛktris/) A female native speaker of a foreign language employed in a university to give practical instruction in that language.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > teacher of particular subject
music master1623
lectrice1937
Alexander1946
audio-lingualist1961
1937 Univ. Sheffield Cal. 1937–8 103 Professors, Lecturers, etc. The Faculty of Arts... French... Lectrice—Yvonne Orhand, L. ès L.
1961 Times 20 May 10/6 Mlle. Monique Sengel..to be lectrice in French.
1975 M. Bradbury Hist. Man v. 82 A German lectrice in a see-through blouse is being encouraged to take it off.
1980 Daily Tel. 17 Sept. 8/3 Newnham College: Lectrice in French for 1980–1981.
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