Definitions for docent

docent do·cent

Spelling: [doh-suh nt; German doh-tsent]
IPA: /ˈdoʊ sənt; German doʊˈtsɛnt/

Docent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in docent (cdenot).

Definitions for docent

noun

  1. privatdocent.
  2. a college or university lecturer.
  3. a person who is a knowledgeable guide, especially one who conducts visitors through a museum and delivers a commentary on the exhibitions.

Origin of docent

1630-40; German Dozent Latin docent- (stem of docēns, present participle of docēre), equivalent to doc- teach + -ent -ent

Examples for docent

In the evening at the house of Gizycki (a docent on Ethics), to a "privatissimum" with a supper after it.

Like the “wonderful one-hoss shay,” the tottering old chair had collapsed and the docent lay sprawling under the ruins.

After a course in chemistry, he began the systematic study of medicine and in 1811 became a Privat docent.

Doctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.

After spending some time as teacher in a private school, he returned to Leipsic as Privat docent in the university.

Word Value for docent
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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