docent
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- noun
- /ˈdoʊsənt/
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- Because docents are an integral part of the Discovery Center experience, the program evaluation cannot ignore the docent factor.
- docent-led tour
- exhibits and docents
- led by docents
About Serbian, Serbian guy who's like the docent at the the monastery of Gretchenizza.
- About Serbian, Serbian guy who's like the docent at the the monastery of Gretchenizza.
- And the reason I think of it as being so dangerous is my mother was a docent at the Bellagio in Vegas.
- And so the docents had a volleyball to show people how big the squid I actually was.
Examples
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The parents were helpful with this activity and enthusiastically served as docents and tour group leaders.
Academic text (2003) -
- I’m a docent at the art museum.
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Most of the docents had information sheets to help them with the details about their assigned building.
Academic text (2003) -
Overhead, Ashford could hear the docent reciting her speech from the beginning.
Fiction book (2001) -
The question-and-answer dialogue between the docents and the students was a significant part of the presentation.
Academic text (1990) -
In many instances, museums offer docent-led or recorded tours that read the wall texts and provide other verbal descriptions.
Academic text (2008) -
A local historical society docent—a retired New Yorker—told us the story of the house.
Academic text (2004) -
Cypress Historical Society docents conduct tours at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Blog text (13) -
Library media centers can be the exploratoriums in schools, and teacher-librarians can be the docents, the guides, and the facilitators for students' explorations.
Academic text (2007) -
The docent guided us through the museum, providing fascinating insights into the artwork.
Synonyms
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A person who shows tourists around places and explains what they see
How Knowledgeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Docent comes from the Latin root docere, 'to teach', the same root you see in doctor. A helpful way to remember the museum meaning is to think of a docent as someone who 'teaches' visitors about the exhibits.