- (especially British English) (North American English full professor)a university teacher of the highest rank
- Professor (Ann) Williams
- professor of something to be appointed professor of economics at Cambridge
- He was made (a) professor at the age of 40.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinguished
- eminent
- respected
- …
- professor of
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- (North American English) a teacher at a university or college
- a university/college professor
- a chemistry/law professor
- professor of something a professor of psychology/political science
- She was my professor when I was a grad student.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2- a research professor at the University of Southern California
- a respected law professor at a prestigious university
- She is a former history professor.
- The report was written by two Harvard professors.
- He is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Illinois.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinguished
- eminent
- respected
- …
- professor of
compare assistant professor, associate professor
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.
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