docent

noun
🔊/ˈdəʊsnt/
🔊/ˈdəʊsnt/
(North American English)
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  1. a person whose job is to show tourists around a museum, etc. and talk to them about it(博物馆等场所的)讲解员,向导
  2. a teacher at some universities who is not a regular member of the department (博物馆等场所的)讲解员,向导
  3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: via German from Latin docent- ‘teaching’, from docere ‘teach’.