lecturer UK /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/US /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹɚ/ noun3 •A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.The lecturers are expert on lecturing on the subject, but they offer the splatterdash method of disseminating information with no point of view of their own. — 1982 •(old-fashioned) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings. •A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector. formslecturers