Definition of Privatdocent

1. n. In the universities of Germany and some other European countries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in the university government and dependent upon fees for remuneration.

Definition of Privatdocent

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Privatdocent

pritchel holes
pritchels
prithee
prittle-prattle
prittle-prattles
pritumumab
priuely
privacies
privacy
privacy policies
privacy policy
privacy seal
privado
privados
privat-docent
privatdocent (current term)
privatdocents
privatdozent
privatdozents
private-enterprise(a)
private-eye
private-sector
private-wire house
private-wire houses
private branch exchange
private candidate
private candidates
private corporation
private cost

Literary usage of Privatdocent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"By privatdocent Dr. GEORGE SULTAN, of Gottingen. Edited, with additions, by WILLIAM B. COLEY, MD, Clinical Lecturer on Surgery, Columbia University (College ..."

2. The English Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Ecclesiastical and General (1845)
"Dr. Ph. Lie. und privatdocent der Theologie und Repetent zu Er- langen. Frankfurt am Main, 1843. WHILE the world presents to the eye of the common observer ..."

3. Schools and Universities on the Continent by Matthew Arnold (1868)
"The privatdocent is an assistant to the professorate; he is free to use, ... A distinguished student applies to be made privatdocent in a faculty. ..."

4. Schools and Universities on the Continent by Matthew Arnold (1868)
"The privatdocent is an assistant to the professorate; he is free to use, ... A distinguished student applies to be made privatdocent in a faculty. ..."

5. Higher Schools and Universities in Germany by Matthew Arnold (1874)
"a privatdocent may, if he likes, lecture on just the same subject that a professor is lecturing on; there is absolute liberty in this respect. ..."

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