docent
noun
do·cent
ˈdō-sᵊnt 
dō(t)-ˈsent
dō(t)-ˈsent
1
: a college or university teacher or lecturer
2
: a person who leads guided tours especially through a museum or art gallery
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The title of docent is used in many countries for what Americans would call an associate professor—that is, a college or university teacher who has been given tenure but hasn't yet achieved the rank of full professor. But in the U.S. a docent is a guide who works at a museum, a historical site, or even a zoo or a park. Docents are usually volunteers, and their services are often free of charge.
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Every Saturday at 1 p.m., museum docents will lead visitors on a tour through the museum's exhibits that will focus on the Indigenous foods of North America.
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Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Hike with docents at the Valley View Preserve near Ojai
Docents from the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy will host a 2.5-mile, moderately strenuous hike at 8:30 a.m. Sunday through the Valley View Preserve.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The vaults are considered hallowed ground: Native visitors often pray upon entering, Jim Regnier, a volunteer docent, told me.
—Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
The student docents become part of the Anne Frank Youth Network.
—Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register, 10 Oct. 2024
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Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Hike with docents at the Valley View Preserve near Ojai
Docents from the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy will host a 2.5-mile, moderately strenuous hike at 8:30 a.m. Sunday through the Valley View Preserve.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The vaults are considered hallowed ground: Native visitors often pray upon entering, Jim Regnier, a volunteer docent, told me.
—Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
The student docents become part of the Anne Frank Youth Network.
—Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/docent. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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