From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō ("to teach").

• (British) IPA: /ˈdəʊ.sənt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdoʊ.sənt/

docent

1. Instructive; that teaches.

docent (plural docents)

1. A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1212:

     Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.

2. (chiefly, US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.

   The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.

• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

• German: Dozent, Dozentin
• Spanish: docente