pri|vat|do|cent

pri|vat|do|cent
pri|vat|do|cent «pree VAHT doh TSEHNT», noun, plural -do|cen|ten «-doh TSEHN tuhn».
(in German universities) a teacher or lecturer recognized by the university, but paid by students' fees.
[< German Privatdocent < privat private (because he was not on the state payroll) + Docent, or Dozent teacher < Latin docēns, -entis, present participle of docēre to teach]

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