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Definition of professor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

professor

noun
 
 
/prəˈfesə(r)/
 
/prəˈfesər/
(also informal prof)
(abbreviation Prof.)
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  1.  
     (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.
    Full professor is used to describe a rank of university teacher, and not as a title.Topics Educationa2, Jobsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • distinguished
    • eminent
    • respected
    • …
    preposition
    • professor of
    See full entry
  2.  
     (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 Examples
    • 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.
    Topics Educationa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • distinguished
    • eminent
    • respected
    • …
    preposition
    • professor of
    See full entry
    3. 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’.
See professor in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee professor in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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