ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷rə(r) noun
( -s )
1. : one that lectures ; specifically : one giving a lecture course in a college or university
the best lecturer on the campus
2. : a clergyman in the Church of England holding an ancient teaching and preaching office
to church, where our lecturer made a sorry silly sermon — Samuel Pepys
3.
a. : a member of the faculty of a British college or university who ranks below a professor
b. : a member of a college or university faculty having a temporary or part-time appointment