Definition of "lecturer" []

• One who delivers lectures, especially professionally. (noun)
• A member of the faculty of a college or university usually having qualified status without rank or tenure. (noun)
• A faculty member ranking below an assistant professor. (noun)
• The academic rank held by such a faculty member. (noun)
• Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a reader. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You have 'inside talkers' and 'outside talkers,' and sometimes the term 'lecturer' is used."
• "You asked about the title lecturer at Canadian institutions."
• "Some Canadian universities do use the title lecturer in various ways."