praelector
noun
prae·lec·tor
variants or less commonly prelector
prēˈlektə(r)
plural -s
1
: a reader, lecturer, or professor in a college or university
2
: a college officer (as in Cambridge University) in charge of presenting members of the college to the university for matriculation and graduation
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Latin praelector one that reads aloud and expounds upon an author, from Latin praelectus (past participle of praelegere to read aloud and expound) + -or