/ ˈdəʊsnt; NAmE ˈdoʊ-/ noun ( NAmE )
1.
a teacher at some universities who is not a regular member of the department
2.
a person whose job is to show tourists around a museum, etc. and talk to them about it
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WORD ORIGIN
late 19th cent.: via German from Latin docent- teaching, from docere teach.