lector Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
    reader.
  2. noun a public lecturer at certain universities
    lecturer; reader.

WordNet

Lec"tor noun
Etymology
L. See Lection.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.

Webster 1913