What in the world is a docent, I thought. I did take the trouble to find out, but still have not found the word to be in use outside the United States.

"Docent" is a term very frequently used in Europe, and is beginning to be copied in U.S.

I've heard it here in flyover land... doesn't that qualify as widely known?


Well, I'm not sure what to call it...everybody thinks that we know it, but nobody else does, yet.
Is that widely known, or not widely known? Or widely erroneously known? Or just not widely recognized? (whatever _that_ means)