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lector

n.
US //ˈɫɛktɝ// UK //lˈɛktɐ// lec·tor Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English lector, lectoure, lectour, from Late Latin lēctor, from legō (“I read”). “Voice-over” sense probably adapted from Polish lektor.

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