1. lector(n = noun.person) reader - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church; Array
is a kind of clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend, holy order, order
2. lector(n = noun.person) lecturer, reader - a public lecturer at certain universities; Array
is a kind of educator, pedagog, pedagogue
A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate. [1913 Webster]
lector, n.
1 a reader, esp. of lessons in a church service.
2 (fem. lectrice) a lecturer or reader, esp. one employed in a foreign university to give instruction in his or her native language.
Etymology:
L f. legere lect- read