# lector

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛktə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #79,699

## Definitions
1. A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
2. A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
3. A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
4. A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.

## Etymology
From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“I read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lector