lec|tor

lec|tor
lec|tor 1 «LEHK tuhr, -tr», noun.
1. a person in minor orders who reads passages in a church service.
2. a university reader or lecturer (chiefly in Scandinavia and Germany).
3. = lay reader. (Cf. ↑lay reader)
╂[< Latin lēctor < legere read]
lec|tor «LEHK tuhr», noun.
a person hired to read aloud to factory workers as they complete their tasks, most commonly in cigar factories: »

When I lived in Havana I don't remember ever seeing a tobacco factory without a lector. As a child I remember sitting in the back and listening to the stories. That has always been our pride. Some of us cigar workers might not be able to read or write, but we can recite lines from "Don Quixote" or "Jane Eyre" (Nilo Cruz).

╂[< Spanish lector reader]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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