Etymology

Noun

1. A teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 1212:

     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 Louvre.

Related terms

• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate