Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prelector

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pr-elec-tor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] it is ſufficient for me, that their ſo famous a Prælectour, doth teach that by Artes Magicke, the ſame workes are done, which are done by the gift of working miracles. […] Thus this famous Prelectour, by which it is euident, that howſoeuer the Spaniſh; and Papall Emperour, haue drawne them into their ſubiection, they haue not done the ſame by the power of miracles and integritie of life, but only by dint of ſword; […]"

Etymology

From Latin praelēctor.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: praelēctor

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

prelectors (plural) prælector (alternative, archaic) praelector (alternative)

Derived Forms

prelectorship

Frequently Paired Words

prelect

Questions

What does prelector mean?: Someone who reads lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
Where does prelector come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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